Word: pneumonia
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Charles H. ("Duke") Wellington, 56, veteran cartoonist, creator (in 1914) of the still-existent Pa's Son-in-Law (Pa and Ma Splutterfuss and son-in-law Cedric); of pneumonia; in North Hollywood, Calif...
Although Coach Jack Barnaby had few hopes of defeating the Tulane team, which boasts such top notch players as Earl Bartlett and Billy McGehee, the loss of number one man Al Everts, victim of a mild attack of pneumonia threw the netmen off kilter in both singles and doubles...
Died. Rachel Lyman Field, 47, best-selling novelist (All This, and Heaven Too); of pneumonia after an operation; in Los Angeles. She had written professionally for 14 years before her sensational success in 1938 with All This...
...diagnose chest diseases, doctors listen for rattling sounds which Laënnec called râles. Patients with early or late pneumonia have a crackling sound like hair being rubbed through the fingers. Tuberculosis can sometimes be spotted early in its course by a similar sound, which may later change to a clear, metallic ring...
...staff have been delving into the medical history of George Washington. Their research, published last week in the clinic's Proceedings, shows that, in the course of his 67-year life, Washington suffered from: measles, diphtheria, smallpox, an "infectious disease of uncertain nature," dysentery, malaria, rheumatism, pneumonia, a carbuncle, influenza, conjunctivitis, recurrent headaches, bad eyesight, a tremor of the hands, decaying teeth...