Word: pneumonia
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...superior in Harvard who referred to his assistant's remarkable success, told how he had treated a 21-year-old girl who suffered from extremely rapid breathing. When she was a year old she had fallen into a cesspool and, in addition to shock, had contracted pneumonia. When she grew up she went to work for an asthmatic woman, whose condition made the girl more susceptible to psychiatric asthma. After 15 treatments by hypnosis, during which Dr. Cobb suggested that she breathe slowly, the girl was cured...
Died. Dr. Frank Horace Vizetelly, 74, most famed U. S. lexicographer, for 24 years editor of Funk & Wagnalls' New Standard Dictionary; of pneumonia and pleurisy; in Manhattan. British-born, Dr. Vizetelly became a battler for U. S. colloquialisms ("cootie," "boloney," "chiseler," "it's me," "go slow," "pretty good," "loan me a pencil," "can I go"). In 1925 he proposed that the English alphabet be enlarged from 26 to 62 letters to provide one symbol for each sound, a plan which, it was estimated, would necessitate re-spelling of most of the 550,000 words in the language...
Died. Dr. William Moore Guilford, 106, oldest U. S. country doctor; of pneumonia; in Lebanon, Pa. Dr. Guilford's recipe for longevity: "Choose a hardy, healthy and long-lived grandfather...
...printed Dr. Matz's conclusions. He found that: 1) almost 40% of the cancer victims had been engaged in occupations which irritated their lungs, such as certain types of mining and metal grinding; 2) almost 60% of the patients had suffered from influenza or pneumonia before the onset of cancer...
...different here than in the community at large," said Dr. Bock. "It is all over Boston." Dr. Bock gave assurance that the cases were a milder form of the malady, which he called "bronchial pneumonia...