Word: high-strung
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...eyelids-"only a hysterical woman can do it." Not all these clinical impressions, says Dr. Lovshin, by themselves prove the presence of psychosomatic illness, but they are important clues. Some of the signs he considers particularly clear-cut e.g., the wearers of dark or tinted glasses "are high-strung - everything bothers them, even light when it is not bright." Also suspect is the emotional plight of the woman who calls her husband "the most wonderful man in the world." Said...
...professor of social science, had an instantaneous love affair with TV. A veteran of the University of Chicago Round Table radio show, Finer, 57, a onetime welterweight at the University of London, has just done a series of twelve solo TV shows devoted to "Government and Human Nature." As high-strung as any star, Finer goes on the air fortified by repeated cups of coffee and doses of cough syrup, gives a vibrant performance (a fan describes him as "a real ancient George Gobel type"). After the show he needs a few hours to cool off and settle his nerves...
What precautions can the doctor take to avoid bringing on emotional upsets in such high-strung patients? Jarvinen's suggestion: physicians should maintain easy, sympathetic attitudes, try to soothe the patient's anxieties. Most important, hospitals should play down the importance of ward rounds. Nurses should not bustle and fuss, sprucing up a patient and remaking his bed, before the doctor comes...
...year-old Dalai Lama in Peking last week. The truth was, however, that Nehru looked bad. For several weeks he had suffered acute insomnia; he had flown to Red China, against doctor's orders, with laryngitis and a fever. Along the way, Nehru had acted in high-strung fashion: at Calcutta he kicked aside a jobless young refugee who prostrated himself before Nehru ("He is holding my foot"); at Rangoon he wielded his wooden cane at a welcoming crowd which he thought was drawing too near. When the Nehru party finally got to Peking, it was learned that Nehru...
Says Pastor Peale: "God and the doctor, that's what I give them. Anxiety is the great American disease. Take businessmen. They are a wonderful group of people, but they are so high-strung and tense. I watched a friend being carried out after a heart attack, and he said, 'Use me as a warning.' People have lost the secret of inner peace...