Word: angina
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...minutes he felt an agonizing stab in his shoulder, a choking sensation in his throat, lightning pains down his left arm, a drenching sweat. Dr. Raab's agony was really a triumph. For he had produced, for the first time, symptoms of the dread heart disease, angina pectoris...
...from his vest, watch chain, cuff links, and the head of his cane." He was James Buchanan ("Diamond Jim") Brady. Among his imposing list of ailments: "Bright's disease [inflammation of the kidneys], generalized urinary infection, inflammation and obstruction of the prostate gland, difficulty and frequency of urination . . . angina pectoris [heart disease] and high blood pressure." Dr. Young cured his prostate trouble by using a "punch" of his own invention-a straight tube with a short, curved inner end which, when passed through the urethra (urinary canal), trapped in a small window of the instrument the bar of tissue...
...common ailment of U. S. and British soldiers during World War I was trench mouth, or Vincent's angina. No laughing matter, trench mouth is a painful, sometimes fatal disease, spread by relatives of the syphilis spirochete, which first invade the gums, may later migrate to tonsils, salivary glands and lungs. Trench mouth is most prevalent in summertime when campers use common utensils and cups. To kill the trench mouth spirochete, doctors usually swab their patients' swollen gums with hydrogen peroxide, silver salts or arsphenamine, prescribe mouthwashes of sodium perborate. But such treatment usually lasts for many weeks...
...aggravated by a first-glance passion for an escaped murderer (William Powell). This time the tragedy of hapless love is played out against the heartless magnificence of a trans-Pacific luxury liner every throb of whose propeller carries George Brent nearer death by hanging, Merle Oberon nearer death from angina pectoris. Cinemactress Oberon spends much of her allotted time philosophizing about eternity. When not listening, George Brent spends his time trying to make a getaway with the help of Binnie Barnes. Pat O'Brien (a detective) makes tough faces, Frank McHugh makes funny faces. In a minor part (bright...
...attacked by medical authorities ten years ago, hormone specialists today smile indulgently at the mention of his operation. They doubt his claim that four-fifths of his patients regained their virility, think suggestion was the more powerful factor. Certain it is that vasoligature does not relieve high blood pressure, angina pectoris (heart attack) or arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries). Although Steinach's critics admit a few outstanding cases where vitality was restored to younger men, the tissues of old men cannot be made to grow profusely, let alone pour forth hormones...