Word: diverticulum
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...feet should be raised in bed; that whisky may ease the pain; and that doctors -whom he should consult posthaste-usually advise anticoagulants or surgery. In all, the book lists more than 650 symptoms and discusses nearly 500 diseases-from acne and cold sores to Zenker's diverticulum, an unnatural pouch that sometimes develops in the esophagus of elderly people...