Word: overworks
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...disease germ eaters) takes place after prolonged fatigue; whereas the current clinical supposition had it that the increase was to be noted only on the approach of enemy disease germs. This discovery, if it be such, may lead doctors to refer occasional early diagnoses of incipient disease to mere overwork. The second "discovery" made during the tests is that the sugar contents of the blood under fatigue remains constant-an observation perhaps of some importance in studying cases of diabetes...
...these three lives that he successively led he sacrificed his health and strength by the most extraordinary exertions. Like LaFollette, he became a victim of overwork. He was nevertheless the greatest moral force...
...Most men get their relaxation in cards. That makes them keep late hours in a room with bad air; and they drink too many cocktails. So the public says they have been killed by overwork; and they are lauded as martyrs to their activity...
...Holland died on October 28, the date of the death of Perey D. Haughton '99, at Battle Creek, Michigan, where he had been for a month on leave of absence. His death was due to overwork and consequent physical exhaustion, caused by his untiring efforts to bring the construction of the first vehicular tube in the world to a successful conclusion...
These operations lower the blood pressure which has been brought to an unnatural height by overwork and worry. And high blood pressure is the reason for angina pectoris...