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Word: greyish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...tuberculosis bacillus is a tiny rod-shaped germ, which causes peculiar little translucent, greyish nodules the size of millet seeds. The phthisis victim loses weight, wastes away. He suffers from a fever that fluctuates with the time of day.* Prevention should start in childhood, the period when a predisposition to the disease may be developed, Professor Gaetano Ronzoni, of Milan, said to the International Union. Later, it is possible to cure a patient with persistent, attentive care...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Tuberculosis | 10/18/1926 | See Source »

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