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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Only a heroic dose will result in death, and when death does occur it is usually due to overstimulation of the thyroid...
...only the company or industry affected, but the whole economic system suffers from the bludgeoning effect of fixed maturities falling due during depressions, and the freezing of capital due to defaults. Even in industries where defaults do not occur, fixed charges exercise a downward leverage on public purchasing power, a leverage that affects not only dividends but wages...
...types of arthritis are recognized: atrophic and hypertrophic. The atrophic form may occur in persons anywhere between the ages of 20 and 50, causes swelling of joints, wasting of bones and muscles, destruction of cartilage sheathing the ends of the bones, and fusion of joint bones. The hypertrophic form, which usually occurs in older people as a result of wear & tear, is less severe, less painful. The ends of the bones grow thicker and their cartilage coverings slip off and work their way around joint cavities (joint mice), leaving the raw edges of the joint-bones to scrape together...
...creates friction on the earth's surface, slows down its motion. This well-known fact, said Professor Brown, accounts for slight variations in the day's length, but the moon's influence is not powerful enough to cause such large changes in time as that which occurred in 1897, when the apparent length of the year was changed by one second. Practical reason for studying the phenomenon, he added, is that the length of the day is more variable now than ever and a new change may soon occur...
...Thus a slight change in the temperature of the earth's interior would produce a considerable alteration of the crust. How the earth contracts and expands Dr. Brown could only speculate. Evidence for his theory lies in the fact that the fissures all over the earth (such as occur in mountain building) constantly repeat their openings and closings. Last advice of Astronomer Brown was the suggestion that sensitive instruments be set up near large fissures to measure the rate of their changes. Exact measurements might then lead to some predictions...