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...trying to get into the army often conceal bad eyesight by memorizing the letters on test charts (famed Flyer Quentin Roosevelt did so in World War I). Doctors must also be prepared for men who take opiates to stop diarrhea, barbiturates to reduce blood pressure, digitalis to correct an abnormal heart, etc. Concealment may succeed for years. An epileptic stayed in the regular army for years and became a technical sergeant, because his fits always came at night and his barrack-mates helped him conceal them. Eventually he had an attack during night field exercises, and army doctors retired...
...days' observation usually uncovers high blood pressure induced by benzedrine sulfate, low blood pressure induced by thyroid extract and other drug-induced disorders. In 1918 an A.E.F. hospital had an entire ward full of sufferers from a mysterious, persistent diarrhea. An observer camouflaged as another patient discovered that all the diarrhetics were bribing a night orderly to steal purgatives for them...
Caused by comma-shaped bacteria known as Vibrio or Spirillum cholerae, which dwell in sewage-contaminated water, cholera drains body tissues of their fluids, causes intense vomiting, diarrhea and violent muscular spasms. More than a third of its victims shrivel up, turn dark grey or violet, die, sometimes within a few hours...
...Personnel are living in dugouts made by the contractor's men [the A.F. of L. workmen]. . . . Not comfortable, but adequate against all but direct bomb hits. . . . Sanitation is only fair, but so far have had only a mild flurry of diarrhea. Fresh water is adequate for drinking...
Always trying to beat TIME'S headline writers to the punch, may I suggest for some future story of conditions in a bomb-battered German capital (as per British promise)-"Berlin Diarrhea...