Word: fatalism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...color cells in his skin are too numerous and too near the surface. When the sunlight strikes them they become greatly inflamed and cause painful ulcers. His face is the shrunken visage of an old man. The nurses at the Charity Hospital call him " Grandpop." The disease is fatal unless the sun can be kept away from the skin. A New York electrical engineer devised a protective armor to filter the sun's rays so that only those milder than the red of the spectrum can reach the lad's body...
...Distemper Is a disease which practically all dogs contract at some period of their lives, usually when young. It is highly contagious to other dogs, and high-bred canines are more susceptible to it than mongrels. The cause is a subject of dispute among veterinarians. The disease is fatal to about 30% of the cases where esanthematous (characterized by a skin eruption) and catarrhal symptoms occur, and to about 90% of the cases in which there are nervous symptoms present...
Kala-azar, or Dum-Dum fever, a mysterious disease somewhat similar to malaria, frequently fatal and extremely disabling, is so prevalent in Eastern India, particularly Assam, Bengal and Madras, that its transmission constitutes "probably the most important unsolved problem of tropical medicine," according to Dr. L. E. Napier and his colleagues, who have been doing research work on Kala-azar for several years...
...card tells how to turn the stopcock of the tank, which releases the oxygen gradually as needed. Mr. Bossom will not patent his device because of its humanitarian need. The first one is being made for a Galveston, Tex., bank. Many vault imprisonments which do not have fatal results are said to escape public notice...
...Government succeeded in sending 809 food cars into the Ruhr, but the repressive tactics of the French are reputed to be making the situation dangerous. Hamburg. Martial law was pro claimed by the Senate on account of rioting on the part of the striking shipyard workers. Fights, resulting in fatal casualties, occurred between the strikers and the police. Lubeck. Communists seized the town and forced the Senate* to retire. Reichswehr troops tried unsuccessfully to restore order. Crefeld. Several Germans wounded during demonstration in favor of Rhineland Republic. Zeitz, Saxony. Sanguinary fighting between Communists and the militia. Nine Communists were killed...