Word: paines
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...single factor that a patient fears most after an operation is, not death, but pain. The most potent analgesic known is mental distraction."-Dr. Thomas Johannes Heldt, Detroit...
...utter exhaustion causes death. Dogs have been kept awake until they died. The best authentic record is that of a man who went 231 hours-about 9½ days-with almost no sleep.* Loss of sleep can produce complete insensibility to noise and a high degree of anesthesia to pain...
...symptoms of coronary thrombosis were set forth last week by Drs. Master, Jaffe & Dack as follows: "Severe pain in the chest, signs of shock, a drop in blood pressure, increase in the number of white blood cells, fever, diminution in intensity of heart sounds, a pericardial rub and typical electrocardiographic changes (q, t and rs-t deviations) serve as evidence of an attack of thrombosis. When in doubt the patient should be treated as if he had suffered a coronary artery occlusion. He should be put to bed and a search patiently made for the signs just described...
...charged water are given. The diet is slowly increased so that in five to seven days the patient is receiving a 750-850 calorie diet. An endeavor is made to accord each patient individual attention and to satisfy his tastes whenever possible. ... In the great majority of cases pain disappears after the first two days on this diet...
Symptoms: Mind "apprehensive, alert, anxious and restless . . . a peculiar analogy [to symptoms] seen in pneumonia.'' Closed eyelids tremble. "Gnawing hunger pain in pains the of ulcer.'' epigastrium not Gurgling unlike in the the intestines "and sometimes a mild watery diarrhea. . . . Increase in sexual functions...