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What chronic ailment makes Bill Koch's races even more difficult than they would be for a healthy person...
Field events coach Ed Stowell admits: "we don't have much in the way of depth." The jumpers, with the exception of long-jumper Ben Midlo, are sadly inexperienced, and the weight men all suffer from one ailment or another. Tri-captain Tom Lena has two: an injured back and swollen root canals. He will, nevertheless, compete today...
...affliction is neurofibromatosis, a terrifying and, so far, incurable neurological disorder usually accompanied by varying degrees of deformity. Though most Americans had not heard of it before the Dallas episodes, or before The Elephant Man, a play about Merrick, opened in New York City this year, the ailment is surprisingly common; in the U.S., it affects some 100,000 people...
Researchers at the Dental School believe they have discovered a new means of treating periodontal disease, the major cause of tooth loss in adults and an ailment that strikes 75 per cent of all people over...
Despite his age and a painful back ailment from a shipboard accident in the 1920s, Ludwig is amazingly energetic and keeps close watch on Jari. He receives a constant flow of reports at his headquarters. More important, several times a year he flies to Belem on Brazil's northern coast, traveling economy class except when he can hitch a free ride on a friend's corporate jet. At Belem he waits for the Fairchild turboprop that makes the 90-min. flight daily between the port city and Jari. Disdaining VIP treatment, Ludwig crowds on board with newly recruited...