Word: anemia
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Industrial Medicine, Researchers Foulger and Smith explained how the heart, without being diseased itself, quickly reflects changes in circulation caused by poisons, poor nutrition, anemia, fatigue, etc. Any one of these factors can start a vicious circle by lowering muscle tone throughout the body, thus impairing the return of blood to the heart. With less blood to pump, the muscles of the left side of the heart lose some of their oomph and sour notes result. The poor heart action adds to that tired feeling, contributes to the slow return of blood...
...appearances by Franklin Roosevelt in the near future. White House intimates are urging the move because of the fantastic rumors about the President's health that have sprung up since he left for his southern vacation (He had been rushed to the Mayo Clinic. He is suffering from anemia. Three psychiatrists went south with him). Similar whispers arose in '36 and '40, but this time the White House coterie is more worried. Reason: Democratic politicians are beginning to wonder if the President may refuse to run for a Fourth Term because of his health...
Reported Miss Cannell: Paris, 1944 is a city of little bread and many circuses. Sixty percent of its people are underfed and ill-clothed, declining into anemia. Yet Parisian theatres are crowded; in the swank salons, well-dressed matrons applaud two new young pianists-the Paderewskis of tomorrow. The Opera is sold out half an hour after the box office opens. Couturiers put on four splashy fashion shows a year...
British and American flyers steadily pushed up the tempo of air combat over Europe. The Luftwaffe fighter command showed further symptoms of anemia. German air power was far from being knocked out, but its defenses could no longer be stretched out to cover all the vulnerable targets...
Years ago Dr. Lord had a hunch that there was more to lead poisoning than anemia, constipation, paralysis, loss of appetite, nervous disorders and deposits of lead in the long bones and along the gums. She noticed that some lead-poisoned babies differed psychologically from normal babies, patiently traced the effects in the school careers of 20 children, of whom 18 had been paint eaters...