Word: ischemia
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Thomas Lewis, editor of the English journal, Heart, described experiments into the cause of peripheral neuritis, a disease affecting the nerves, producing intense pain, usually in the extremities. He found the cause was a deficiency of blood in the nerves, a condition known as ischemia...