Word: angina
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...slipped out of her house, leaving a note for George, to meet her lover. When she missed him at the rendezvous, her despair made her try to hang herself. Having allowed herself too much rope, she did not try again, but went home to bed. Meantime Sparkenbroke died of angina pectoris in his family vault. Wise Husband George, though he found his wife's farewell note, saw and understood the rope-scars on her throat, let sleeping might-have-beens...
...Angina Soothers. Angina pectoris, terrifying pain in the chest usually due to disease of the heart's coronary arteries, may be soothed by snuffing a small quantity of a crystalline substance called trichlorethylene - John Christian Krantz Jr., University of Maryland...
...said to be in acute pain last week, unable to sleep nights. His whirlwind swing around the entire Dominion during the General Election (TIME, Oct. 21) which made him for the first time a continent-wide figure, also overstrained his kidney. And Mitch believed last week that he faces angina pectoris. After the first shock of amazement, Ontario did not quite believe that its Premier will in fact resign after the legislative session next spring, as he is now resolved to do. He sped south to Florida last week and friends considered that by Christmas the impulsive and emotional Mitch...
Mulattoes' Hearts. Mulattoes, even if their heart arteries are stiff as clay pipes, do not complain of angina pectoris, owing simply to their "inability to correctly interpret and describe the pain sensation rather than to lack of mental stress and strain as suggested frequently in the past." Such was the finding of Drs. Emmet Field Horine, 50, & Morris M. Weiss, 34, of Louisville...
Deadly Emotions. Compared to doctors and others who realize how destructive diseases can be, very few insane people die of diseases like angina pectoris, in which strong emotions play a part. Reason: the intelligent person understands and worries about his condition, and it gets worse; the madman has no such worries. To doctors, Dr. Donald Gregg of Wellesley, Mass. gave this advice: "Let us lessen our emotional load by avoiding excess of emotional stimuli, by slackening our pace, or bearing it intermittently; by avoiding excessive specialization thereby lessening our dependence on others, and by developing our knowledge of facts...