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...about 63,000 people in the U.S. died of pneumonia, instead of 110,000 as four years earlier. Reason for the decline: widespread use of sulfa drugs. Since 1937 the Federal Government has given money to 21 States and Hawaii to help support programs providing free sulfa drugs and serums for pneumonia victims...
Died. Louis Michel Eilshemius, 77, self-styled Grand Transcendent Eagle of Art; of pneumonia; in Manhattan. A painter for some 50 years, he turned out more than 5,000 canvases, failed to attract either fame or buyers till he was a broken old man. He was then embraced as a cult, made the Metropolitan Museum, sold paintings at four-figure prices. A crippled, wandering-minded recluse, he observed: "It's too late to enjoy my fame." He died in a psychopathic ward...
...hold a rich merchant, Henri Moraze, as an admitted "Vichy agent," graciously allowed M. de Lort, pro-Vichy manager of St. Pierre's big wireless station, to remain at home with his sick daughter, offered a gift of his own medicinal remedy for the child's bronchial pneumonia. As Vichy's radio station spouted claims that De Bournat had been shot, Muselier granted Madame de Bournat's request to share her husband's cabin aboard the flotilla flagship...
Died. Arthur Charles Wellesley, 65, Fifth Duke of Wellington, great-grandson of the "Iron Duke"; of pneumonia; in London. Among the special privileges he inherited from Waterloo's hero: the right to keep his hat on in the presence of the King of Spain...
...solutions containing ephedrine, adrenalin, benzedrine, neosyne-phrine, menthol and camphor is to be condemned." Reasons: 1) such drugs may eventually cause tiny blood vessels in the nose to become swollen with blood; 2) the chemicals may irritate the nasal membranes. Oily drops may be inhaled into the lungs, cause pneumonia. Frequent irrigations with saltwater drops may "waterlog" the membranes, spread infections...