Use of .gamma.-linolenic acid and related materials alone or with zinc or .beta.-lactam antibiotics to treat obesity.

Certain salts of carbonyl sulfur dioxide adducts are found to demonstrate anticoagulant and/or venous antithrombotic activity.

A process for the treatment of gasoline boiling range hydrocarbons to increase the octane number thereof comprising contacting same with a gamma alumina catalyst derived from the hydrolysis of aluminum alkoxides.

A spray of Candida kruseii is applied to the burned area of skin to allow for the healing of the burn and regeneration of the skin in the affected area. The Candida kruseii spray forms a crust over the affected area, allowing for a more rapid healing and skin regeneration in the affected area than is accomplished with prior burn control treatment. The Candida kruseii treatment is also effective with other open sores, such as varicose ulcers and decubitus ulcers.

A treatment apparatus which is preferably mounted on a couch for a supine person and has a support surface at least part of which is provided by a resiliently mounted support member which is oscillatable by drive means the frequency and/or stroke of which can be controlled and which can be adjusted selectively to produce a first main component of oscillation at right angles to the support surface and/or a second main component of oscillation in the plane of the support surface.

This invention relates to the treatment of arthritis by administering cobalts in a form acceptable to the body. The dosage typically comprises measured amounts of cyanocobalamin, potassium iodide, magnesium sulphate and ferrous sulphate.

Arylene sulfide polymers such as polyphenylene sulfide containing ash-forming impurities or materials verified by contacting an aqueous mixture of such polymer with molecular oxygen and a finite, but small, effective amount of a mineral acid under conditions sufficient to reduce the ash-forming impurities and concurrently at least partially cure the polymer.

Treatment of waste streams, particularly acidic petrochemical wastes, in anaerobic filter at high loadings with high rates of recycle. The effluent from the top of the filter is passed into a gas-disengaging-solids-settling zone containing a quiescent body of the liquid of said effluent. Particles of solid biomass settle in that liquid body and are withdrawn, with the liquid, and recycled to the base of said filter together with fresh acidic waste and added inorganic alkaline material. The outfa...

L-lysine L-glutamate, when injected intradermally in the form of a sterile aqueous solution, or applied topically in the form of a cream, ointment, or lotion, is effective for treating and relieving the symptons of Herpes simplex I and II infections.

Treatment of re-entry tachycardias through the use of a pacemaker which includes sequentially timed oscillators for delivering stimulating pulses to an atrium and ventricle, preferably on a demand basis, and a circuit for detecting a tachycardia condition and switching to an asynchronous mode of operation. The detector does not respond to a single extraneous or premature beat, but after a predetermined number of beats occurring above a predetermined normal beat rate the detector switches the pac...