Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) Guide. An alanine aminotransferase (ALT) test measures the amount of this enzyme in the blood. ALT is found mainly in the liver, but also in smaller amounts in the kidneys , heart, muscles, and pancreas . ALT was formerly called serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT).
Colin Brush: âIt was a bright cold day in Aprilâ¦â George Orwell: Nineteen Eighty-Four âIt was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.â Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster, the Thought Police uncover every act of betrayal.
60 years after Orwell wrote 1984 and was destroyed by the book, a chilling reminder that his sinister vision is almost reality. Nineteen Eighty-Four was published in London on Wednesday, June 8, 1949, and in New York five days later. The world was eager for it. Within 12 months, it had sold around 50,000 hardbacks in the UK; in the U.S. sales were more than one-third of a million. It became a phenomenon.