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South of Brno, 150 Jews were in the same plight. Smaller groups, many stricken with influenza, dotted the area. Carloads of food sent by Prague sympathizers were turned back at Czech Army lines. One refugee, a Breclav physician, went insane. Czech and German passersby, crossing the no-man's-land, defied the authorities and tossed into the ditches what food they could sneak through...
Last week, My Days,-* an unclouded selection from Mrs. Roosevelt's columns, appeared in book form. Since her first column, on Dec. 30, 1935, she has not missed a day, even when she was ill with influenza. On only three occasions, none of them Mrs. Roosevelt's fault, did her copy reach United Feature Syndicate's office late. It is written the day it is sent in, appears in most newspapers next day. United Feature confines its editing to facts and grammatical construction, never touches her opinions. Mrs. Roosevelt gets about $10,000 a year from United...
...contracts undulant fever by handling infected animals, drinking unpasteurized milk. In its mild form the disease resembles influenza; severe cases are so similar to typhoid fever, tuberculosis, malaria or rheumatism, that they are often diagnosed incorrectly. A patient becomes constipated, irritable, suffers from severe sweats or headaches. Most distinguishing feature of the disease is a "tidal fever," which slowly advances during the fore noon, sweeps over the patient with fullest intensity from two to five in the afternoon, gradually recedes as evening draws on. Average course of the fever is six weeks, but it may disappear for several monthS, suddenly...
...Commander Joel Thompson Boone, U.S.N. Medical Corps, at San Diego's Naval Hospital, from an abdominal operation; Ice Skater Jack Dunn in Hollywood, from a streptococcic throat infection ; New Jersey's Governor A. Harry Moore in his Little White House at Sea Girt, N. J., from intestinal influenza...
...bottom of Depression I. Printed at his own expense. 91,000 copies have been sold. Robert Rhea first went to Colorado Springs in 1910 with tuberculosis, in three years was pronounced cured. But in the air service during the War he had a minor crackup, got influenza and pneumonia, was discharged as permanently and totally disabled. Seeking relief from pain in utter exhaustion, he worked in bed at market studies begun earlier, finally completed the exacting task of charting Dow-Jones industrial and rail averages from January 1, 1897. These charts, magazine articles and his textbook covered his bed with...