Word: pneumonia
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...fleshiness tending slightly to dominate over slenderness. There is a marked tendency for persons of similar build to intermarry, and this process of selection tends to perpetuate the inheritance of certain types of body structure. The statistics indicate also that some diseases are particularly associated with slender build: tuberculosis, pneumonia, nervousness, melancholia; whereas diabetes, inflammation of the kidneys, apoplexy, hardening of the arteries and numerous diseases of the stomach and intestines are associated with fleshy people...
Died. William W. Appleton, 78, Chairman of the Board of Directors of D. Appleton & Co., publishers; in Manhattan; of pneumonia...
Died. Dr. Edward Lawrence Keyes, 80, famed surgeon and dermatologist, frequent contributor to medical literature; in Manhattan, of pneumonia...
...Streptococcus-a genus of micro-organisms which do not move but remain grouped in long chains, producing pus and causing pneumonia, erysipelas...
This is one of the best "convalescent" books of the year. It doesn't matter what you're convalescing from, whether it be pneumonia, or mid-year exams, or love, or dean's notices all of us have something to convalesce from this book is your medicine. It should be taken in a semi-reclining posture, preferably before a big open fire, and should be accompanied by a good pipe and a sympathetic roommate who won't be too bored by having an occasional choice passage read aloud...