Slow Sodium

Series

Series Name: Tomorrow Today

Issue

Issue No.

101

Date Released

1972

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

COI synopsis: A simple tablet which releases salt steadily for up to six hours after being swallowed. In medicine it replaces salt lost by kidney patients when dialysing, and in international football it could give players that staying power which sorts out the men from the boys.

Keywords

Sport; Health and medicine; Science and technology; Football; Inventions and discoveries

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 49 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/101

Credits:

Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Cutter: Fred Goodland
Presenter: Howard Williams

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