Word: crippler
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...announced last week that they had developed a vaccine against German measles (rubella) that appears, from the first test results, to be both effective and safe. Their report to the American Pediatric Society, declared PHS Surgeon General William H. Stewart, indicates that this disease, notorious as a killer and crippler of the unborn, "can be brought under control in the not too distant future...
...during the four weeks before conception, there is grave danger that her baby will be born with severe cataracts, mental retardation or heart defects, or a combination of these handicaps. That much has been clear for years. But now German measles has been disclosed as an even more insidious crippler than anyone had thought possible...
...cases the mothers had had German measles (rubella) in the first four months of pregnancy. Around the world, Gregg's findings were soon confirmed. Thus a common infection, almost invariably mild in children but which may be severe in adults, was convicted as a crippler and killer of the unborn...
...this evidence, Asian flu joins German measles as a crippler and killer of children in the womb...
...thing that all forms of rheumatism have in common is that they affect connective tissue. Despite its wide occurrence in the body, connective tissue* is still something of a mystery to medical researchers. And because rheumatism is a crippler rather than a killer, and victims drag out their lives undramatically, only meager funds have been allocated for research into its causes and cures. Recently research has been stepped up on a broad front. The result has been dramatic progress in some areas, but disappointingly little in others. The scoreboard...