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...behalf of the President that business was to get reasonable consideration, not merely to be the butt of the New Deal. ¶ "Deeply shocked and distressed" was President Roosevelt when he heard that his onetime Secretary of the Treasury William Woodin had died in Manhattan- whispering in his coma as he lay dying "Yes, Governor . . . no, Governor ... I don't think so, Governor" (see p. 72). Two days later, accompanied by Vice President Garner and members of the Cabinet, he went to Manhattan to attend the Woodin funeral. ¶ To Congress, the President sent a special message asking...
...minutes, or twice that time if the victim's stomach is full. Then follow abdominal cramps, vomiting, frequent bowel movements. Soon the poison seeps to the kidneys, stops the flow of urine. Pain varies with the dose and individual but is usually not agonizing. Victims fall into a coma, die within...
...eight hours and 13 minutes the dog lay in an uneasy coma, whining, panting, barking, as if ridden by nightmares. Eager to speed recovery, Dr. Cornish injected some glucose solution. A blood clot formed and Lazarus II died again, this time for good...
Seven times since pneumonia laid him low Melvin Traylor collapsed beyond all hope of recovery. Seven times since he took to his bed last month, the Chicago banker rallied to confound his doctors. One morning last week his heart stopped for two minutes. That evening he stirred from coma to whisper: "How tired I am!" At 11 o'clock the doctors called the family. After seven minutes the stout Traylor heart stopped beating for good...
Down on St. Louis last month swept the fingers of a dreaded plague. At widely-separated spots in & around the city people began to grow drowsy, vomit, feel their heads ache. After 24 hr. their necks crooked stiffly back, their reflexes weakened. Most lapsed into partial, some into complete coma. Others drowsed in daytime, fidgeted at night. As the malady spread, early sufferers grew maniacal...