Show Heres Here's One Benefit From War A Protein Spray Which Will Wi Stop Bleeding in Few Sec Seconds S ST. ST PAUL April 22 UP UP- UP Score in the column of benefits from this war a spray which stops bleeding in a few seconds The spray is made from two water-clear water proteins extracted from the blood S Its existence was revealed Wednesday by several physicians physicians physicians and scientists attending the annual convention of the American College of Physicians The spray is under trial In New NewYork NewYork York hospitals The spray substances are produced produced produced pro pro- in several laboratories as byproducts of the work of cooperating to produce better better better bet bet- ter substitutes for blood transfusions transfusions transfusions trans trans- fusions for American fighting men One of the spray proteins Is fibrinogen which during the re reaction reaction reaction re- re action of blood clotting becomes fibrin for forming the clot The Theother Theother Theother other is a protein active in initiating clot forma forma- tion One of the substitutes produced produced produced pro pro- is albumin wh which ch may have advantages over the blood plasma which hundreds of thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of Americans are contributing contributing con con- to the Red Cross Albumin is the largest si single gle n J part of this plasma It can be thus insuring i g high purity and is easy to preserve for long periods Fibrinogen and are only t two to o of several byproducts byproducts byproducts by by- products of the albumin work Another Is the proteins containing containing containing contain contain- ing the immunizing substances that keep human beings well welland welland welland and assist in their recovery from infectious disease Half of human human human hu hu- hu- hu man illness might be ended if scientists s knew everything about this byproduct They dont don't know b but t war Is piling up stocks of the immunizing substances substances substances sub sub- stances for study |