Word: forli
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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"God is declaring that a state of thinly veiled conflict, the outbreak of which into actual war is only just suppressed, is not true peace. Mere absence of war is not His will for us nor our greatest good. . . .
Ears and Stomach. "Pilots suffer more frequently from occupational diseases of . . . [the ear] than from all other occupational diseases combined." Conditions of flight damaging the ear: 1) "changes of atmospheric pressure during ascent and descent"; 2) harsh, monotonous propeller and exhaust noises, which airplane manufacturers are unable to muffle. A...
Air and Altitude Sickness. Identical with seasickness, airsickness is "one of the most important unsolved problems in aviation medicine." Dr. Armstrong believes that it occurs mainly among neurotics who have an unconscious fear of falling. Far more serious is "acute altitude sickness," caused by decrease in the pressure of the...
Aeroembolism. After rapid ascent to high altitudes a pilot may be attacked by sickness similar to the dread staggers, bends, or caisson disease of divers. Cause of "aeroembolism" is formation of nitrogen bubbles in the blood and spinal fluid. Symptoms are neuritis, joint pains, a heavy red rash, burning and...
The feelings of inferiority which plagued a number of the patients were caused by "wife's, parents' and friends' exhortations, threats and so forth, and it is, we believe, these influences which . . . are largely responsible for those personality trends which alcoholic patients have been supposed to possess...