Word: chronic
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Scheduled for March are lectures on "Appendicitis", "Hearing and its Conservation", and "Chronic Disease at the Cross Roads...
...sinuses. They may, said he, cause no pain. Painless or painful, the infection from such sinuses drops into the throat, slips into the lungs and stomach, is responsible for many diseases of the chest, asthma, arthritis, various skin abnormalities, dull and irritable wits. In children from 6 to 15, chronic sinusitis often develops, occasionally infects the eyes, brain, skull, lungs...
...Porter's warning: "In all cases with chronic sinusitis swimming and diving in fresh water and public bathing beaches should be prohibited. It is well to remember that any chlorine or other purifying agent in a pool strong enough to kill bacteria with any degree of speed is more than likely to temporarily paralyze or damage the delicate mucous membrane of the nose and sinuses, thereby tending to promote infection...
...night Hollywood performance in No More Ladies led to an M-G-M contract. She is a collector of first editions of children's books, reasonably good at fashionable sports and lives in the smallest house (living room, bedroom, bath) in Beverly Hills. Afflicted by chronic insomnia and aware that she will not be able to sleep until dawn, she employs every decorous reason she can invent to detain guests. In Rendezvous, she had three duplicates of all dresses and shoes to avoid delays for wardrobe replacements. Transatlantic Tunnel (Gaumont-British) exhibits the British cinema industry, long noted...
...suffer from asthma, Bright's disease, bronchitis, cancer, tumors, varicose veins, any other chronic disease...