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Word: cardall (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1957-1957
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...woman, 60, had a bad rash after gathering cashew nuts in Ceylon, and a relapse weeks after her return, when she found some, of the nuts in one of her bags and opened them to show to her family. Her trouble: allergy to cashews, which contain an 011 called cardal. Say the reporting doctors: U.S. travelers, now going to the tropics in increasing numbers, should be on guard. ¶ To detect cases of phenylketonuria (one of the few preventable causes of mental retardation) early enough to begin effective treatment with diet or drugs, the College of Medical Evangelists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Capsules, may 13, 1957 | 5/13/1957 | See Source »

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