Word: influenza
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...roared with laughter. The Little Doctor hurriedly withdrew the film. An added quirk to the situation was the fact that the Czech leading lady, Lida Baarova, was a particularly admired protegee of Dr. Goebbels. Last week, as Dr. Goebbels lay sick abed with what was officially reported as intestinal influenza, Lida Baarova's friendship with the Little Doctor made a sensational tale in the U. S. press...
Loyalists claimed that General Martinez Anido. Insurgent Minister for Public Order, had been stabbed. Rightist sources said he had influenza. At any rate he died. At 9 p.m. curfew was ordered in the Insurgent capital...
Died. Karel Capek, 48, No. 1 dramatist of Czecho-Slovakia; of influenza; in Prague. A student of philosophy (William James, John Dewey), Karel Capek played a leading part in introducing pragmatism and U. S. literature to the intellectual world of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. At the same time he wrote two plays, The World We Live In and R. U. R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), protesting against mechanization and the technical perfection of Western civilization. As an exponent of modern Czech literature and a supporter of ex-President Benes, he was in disgrace during the last few months...
...Journal of the A. M. A. printed Dr. Matz's conclusions. He found that: 1) almost 40% of the cancer victims had been engaged in occupations which irritated their lungs, such as certain types of mining and metal grinding; 2) almost 60% of the patients had suffered from influenza or pneumonia before the onset of cancer...
...Influenza, said Dr. Matz, inflames the delicate lining of the lungs, causes erratic growth of new cells. Thus the widespread increase of lung cancers in the U. S. may be a result of the influenza epidemic of 1918-19. If this hypothesis is true, said Dr. Matz, "the increase should be transitory." But. he warned, if the increase is due primarily to "industrial expansion and irritation of the respiratory tract by noxious chemicals and gases," cancer of the lung is here to stay...