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...heart by way of the blood, affect the valves and keep them from closing tightly. Then there is a "leaky" heart. The walls of veins may become weak; then varicose veins. The arteries may become stiff and unyielding to the pulsating blood; this hardening of the arteries. A clot of blood may be caught (thrombosed) in a narrowed artery causing a damming of the blood flow and a bursting of the vessel...
...atmosphere of 40% to 50% oxygen, reported Dr. Alvan Leroy Barach of Manhattan.* The excess oxygen increases the amount of blood the heart pumps each beat and thus aids the flow of blood through hardened arteries, or it helps maintain circulation when the heart is jolted by a blood clot plugging a blood vessel. The oxygen treatment relieves shortness of breath, lowers pulse rate, improves appetite, aids elimination of body poisons. It does not help tuberculosis of the lungs...
...Spain did this," he whispered through half paralyzed lips. "It is Spain that has killed me." Almost instantly he died. Despite their father's warning, Carmen and Pilar returned too late. Cause of death: an embolism, a sudden blood clot on the brain, brought on by diabetes...
Died. Count Luigi Cadorna, 78, wartime Commander in Chief of the Italian Army; from a cerebral blood clot; in Bordighera, Italy...
...Story. Offspring of a Mogul prince, Temugin is born clutching in his royal fistlet a clot of congealed blood. Astrologers and soothsayers thereupon agree that by the blood of his enemies the child is destined to bring many peoples under his rule...