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Show Auxiliary Blood Stream Discovery Lifts Hope for Cure of Hardening of Arteries Tissue of the vtsstl wall, with subsequent formation of the fatty masses characteristic of hardened arteries, or, second, in extension to the surface of the lining mem- ' brane, with thrombus (clot) for- I mation in the cavity of the ar- Tclerosis, or hardening of Ihe arteries. ar-teries. "The significance of this extensive exten-sive blood supply to the vessel wall," he said, "is of the same magnitude as la the blood supply to other organs. "Hemorrhages having their origin ori-gin from these vessels are found with great frequency. These hemorrhages hem-orrhages may result In, first, the hemorrhagic necrosis (death of NIW YORK, Novrs (UP)- Th discovery of an auxiliary blood stream la man, heretofore unknown to medical science, raised tb hope today for a cure for one of the major causes of death hardening of the arteries. Th discovery was announced to members of tb New York Academy Acad-emy ef Medlcliw la a paper pre-pared pre-pared by Dr. Milton C. Winter-nits, Winter-nits, professor of pathology at -Yale university. It was described as a large number of exceedingly fine blood vessels in the inner lining, lin-ing, cavities and covering of the arteries. Dr. Wlnternlts said that study of the auxiliary blood stream led to the conclusion that it was the source of the deadly hemorrhages which have baffled medical men seeking a cure for diseases of the heart and arteries. He considered It a lead to a new approach to the enigmatic cause of arterio- |