Word: strains
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...robe and slippers in a corner of his Attic sits the Vagabond. But for the single ray that falls from the shaded lamp over his left shoulder, to the book in the Vagabond's lap, the Attic is in darkness. Across the quadrangle a silly radio bleats out a strain of jazz. The Vagabond reads for a moment, then gets up and shuts the window toward the quadrangle. The radio's voice is still. The Vagabond smiles. He knows a trick or two that'll baffle modern science. He reads...
Physician on Strain. Thomas Jeeves Horder, Baron Horder, physician-in-ordinary to Edward VIII, spoke angrily at Blackpool on "The Strain of Modern Civilization." 'Tn the street," cried he, "the trained eye detects physiognomies in all stages of the anxiety neurosis, which unloads itself on the digestion, circulation and other bodily functions. The functional diseases of the heart, blood vessels or glands have increased more rapidly than the organic. A tactfully conducted pursuit of the causes removes the screen of headache, insomnia, indigestion and fatigue and the anxiety factor stands revealed. Life has always had a certain amount...
...Indifference" is a word no longer able to bear the strain put upon it, but the Harvard man's lack of interest in the foibles of his neighbors is traditional and accurate. As there is no uniformity in manners, so there is no catholicity in taste. If a Denver student dunks his doughnut in his coffee back home he should by all means dive in to his wrist at the Union breakfasts. If one from Pass Christian likes to hang blankets over his fireplace and sing "Empty Saddles" in the shower, all the frowns of an Eastern roommate should...
Perilous Showers. Dr. Hans Jacob Behrend of Manhattan considers cold showers perilous. Said he: "Those in robust health and with good circulation can overcome the strain engendered by the cold shower. But those less fortunate, particularly weak, anemic and older people, may suffer serious damages as a result of it. Colds, feebleness and fatigue are some of the harmful effects of the cold shower habit. . . . I would not advise any one to take a cold shower...
...strenuous, heart-breaking ordeal. Under a constant nervous strain, working long hours, haunted by the fear of blundering, learning that doctors were capable of alibiing themselves by blaming nurses, the girls often went to pieces, lost credit for months of work by hysterical outbursts or reckless dissipation. Belinda made her first blunder as an apprentice...