x Contents 



XIII FORTUNES IN AGRICULTURE 199 



Solutions for postwar surpluses . . . New Uses for 

 Skimmed Milk . . . The Soybean . . . The Castor 

 Bean a New Treasure . . . Flax Straw for Ciga- 

 rette Paper . . . Our Own Herbs and Drugs . . . 

 Cotton By-Products . . . Cottonleather . . . Cotton 

 Fire Hose . . . Cotton Roads . . . Corn for Photo- 

 graphic Films . . . Oat Hulls in the Synthetic-Rub- 

 ber Field . . . By-Products of Wood . . . No Soap 

 Shortage Ahead . . . Soil Building . . . Soil-less 

 Agriculture . . . Farming in the Desert . . . 

 Growth-Promoting Techniques . . . Making the 

 Farm More Livable. 



XIV FOOD FOR BUOYANT HEALTH 216 



Food shortage an old story in America . . . Urgent 

 Need of Food Education . . . Uninformed Buying 

 . . . Wasted Minerals . . . Napoleon Counted on 

 Food . . . Protein Shortages the Most Deadly . . . 

 Dehydrated Foods to the Fore . . . The Mechanical 

 Cow. 



XV MEDICINE LOOKS AHEAD 228 



First-aid procedures at the front . . . New Medical 

 Kit . . .The Hospital Corps at the Front . . . Blood 

 Plasma . . . Mobile X-Ray Unit . . . The "Closed 

 Treatment" for Fractures . . . The Base Hospital 

 . . . Mobile Bacteriological Laboratory . . . The 

 Navy's Hospital Ships . . .The Magical Sulf a Drugs 

 . . . Penicillin Germ Destroyer . . . Gramicidin 

 New Microbe Killer . . . Streptothricin An- 

 other Microbe Killer . . . Quinine Substitutes 

 "Health Bomb" for Mosquitoes . . . Waging War 

 on Epidemic Diseases . . . The Amino Acids Pro- 

 mote Health and Beauty . . . Nature's Most Power- 

 ful Vitamin ... A Clue to Cancer . . . Research 

 Work on the Common Cold . . . Blood Plasma for 

 Civilian Use . . . Transplanting Vital Organs . . . 

 A Cure for Deafness . . . Treatment for Hyper- 

 tension . . . Regional Anesthesia . . . Electronic 

 Aids . . . Onion "Broadcasts" . . . Old- Age Treat- 

 ments . . . Air-Age Problems. 



