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Reflection for Friday, March 19, 1999: St. Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Solemnity.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-03-19)
One of the two choices for the Gospel today is the finding of the child Jesus in the temple. Try to imagine Joseph's experience on that occasion. He must have first shared Mary's confidence that the temporarily out-of-sight ...
A Study of the Adrenergic Receptors in Mammalian Tracheal Smooth Muscle
(Creighton University, 1974)
Adrenergic receptors of mammalian tracheal smooth muscle have been characterized. After beta-adrenergic blockade with propranolol, the responses to epinephrine in both human and guinea-pig tracheal smooth muscle were ...
Evaluation of Concentrations in Penicillin Sensitivity Discs
(Creighton University, 1960)
Since the advent of antibiotics as chemotherapeutic agents, the importance of determining the sensitivity to these drugs of micro-organisms present in clinical specimens has become of prime importance. | Prior to Fleming's ...
Mutation of Coagulase Negative Staphylococcus in the Presence of Human Serum
(Creighton University, 1960)
The Staphylococcus that Pasteur observed in 1880 has until recently been referred to in the literature as Micrococcus pyogenes. In the Seventh Edition of Bergey's Manual this organism has been reclassified into two major ...
An Epidemiological Evaluation of Antagonism Between the Normal Throat Flora and Group a Streptococci
(Creighton University, 1975)
The epidemiology, treatment, and prevention of group A streptococcal pharyngitis and its sequela of rheumatic fever have been extensively studied. Estimates of the incidence of streptococcal pharyngitis in the United States ...
Twentieth Annaul Report of Creighton Memorial St. Joseph’s Hospital, Omaha, Nebrasaka, for the Year Ending December 31st, 1899.
(s.l., s.n., 1900)
The Creighton Memorial of Omaha|Known also as the St. Joseph’s Hospital, is the direct result of a bequest of $50,000 left by Mrs. John A. Creighton, who died on September 30th, 1888. The happy and holy inspiration which ...
The Effect of Infusion of B Vitamins and Amino Acids on the Excretion of Endogenous Amino Acids in Dogs
(Creighton University, 1972)
Amino acids are reabsorbed in the proximal convoluted tubules of the kidney. Their reabsorption is said to be essentially complete in the fasting state when speaking of endogenous amino acids; but when the amounts of amino ...
Analysis of Maternal and Cord Blood for Antidiuretic Activity
(Creighton University, 1956)
In 1918 Hoffoauer (1) first proposed that the toxemias of pregnancy may be initiated by dysfunction of the posterior lobe of the hypophysis. This theory was promulgated by Anselmino, Hoffman and Kennedy (2) in 1931 when ...
The Mechanism by Which Gastrin Elicits Contraction of Guinea Pig Ileum Smooth Muscle
(Creighton University, 1971)
The gastric antral hormone, gastrin, has a wide spectrum of activities on the gastrointestinal tract. Resides its stimulatory role on the secretion of gastric acid, gastrin also influences intestinal tone and motility. ...
Ion and Amino Transport in Rabbit Kidney Tissue in Tissue Culture Media
(Creighton University, 1964)
Recently much attention has focused on the method whereby living cells regulate their external environment. It is generally accepted that an active metabolic process is involved. Hoffman (1) and Post (2) in reviews present ...