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...Just before the date set for King Edward VII's coronation, with the German Emperor's brother, Prince Henry of Prussia, and half the princes in Christendom assembled at London, with delegations from India and the remotest parts of the Empire all assembled, His Majesty's appendix suddenly fulminated, distended, was likely to burst...
...anemic women, chronic ulcer in men. Especially prone to the ailment are housemaids and shoemakers. Ulcers may occur after a blow in the region of the stomach. Anemia predisposes, especially in women. The disease may be found in connection with diseases of the heart, arteries, liver, gall-bladder and appendix. The present tendency is to charge infections, especially of the teeth and tonsils, as the probable cause of stomach ulcers. A deeper-laid cause is, according to Dr. Cushing's suggestion, emotional stress, worry, overwork arising from the contingencies of life. These derange the tweenbrain. The tweenbrain deranges the stomach...
...yesterday by the Department of Bygiene compared the results of the physical examinations of this year's and last year's Freshmen. The two classes were remarkable in their similarity. Figures on the physical condition of members in detail follow: 1934 No. P.C. Tonsils and adenoids removed 596 63. Appendix removed 108 11. Cannot swim 82 8.6 Smoke 381 40. Wear Glasses 354 37. Color Blind 3 .3 A posture 24 2.5 B posture 287 30.3 C posture 379 40.1 D posture 257 27.1 1933 No. P.C. Tonsils and adenoids removed 653 70.8 Appendix removed 90 9.9 Cannot swim...
...proposal Senator Ashurst had declared: "The peninsula is a vermiform appendix to Mexico. It is the heel, the Achilles heel, to the United States. The Mexican Republic is both unwilling and unable to police the domain and is unable to resist aggressions from or settlements by Oriental powers...
...medium-sized vermiform appendix (they vary from less than one inch to more than seven inches in length) was successfully removed in Edinburgh, Scotland, last week from Miss Joan Margaret MacDonald (second daughter). She, aged 22 and a fourth-year student of surgery at the University of Edinburgh, became engaged last month to a graduate medical student, Alastair MacKinnon, 23 (TIME, Sept...