Word: strains
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...produced tablet free from serious side-effects, dapsone has become the world's chief method of combating leprosy. Although the bacteria causing HD display increasing signs of developing resistance to the drug, dapsone remains an effective means of arresting the illness when a patient suffers from the pure-tuberculoid strain, a less-severe type of HD. Victims with this form of illness can usually expect to lead perfectly normal lives without any of the scars and deformities ordinarily associated with leprosy, if doctors diagnose the condition at an early stage...
However, those afflicted with the more severe lepromatous strain do not always respond to dapsone. Since they may suffer loss of sensitivity and ulcerations of the skin which require surgical attention, many of these patients need to stay at Carville for longer periods of observation and care. Some never leave...
...strain straddles the borderline area between the two, sometimes displaying characteristics of the tuberculoid, sometimes resembling the lepromatous. Because of the negative reaction she has to sulphone-based drugs, Li needs close supervision at the moment. Thus she lives in the modern infirmary rather than the somewhat dilapidated dormitories provided for more permanent residents...
...elections," he barked. "But no one is allowed to boast because he was a freedom fighter. Our revolution is a national revolution, for all races, whites, blacks and Asians. We will cooperate with the security forces and forget all our past differences." Then Steele, with some strain showing in his face, told the new recruits: "Mugabe is our leader now. We are all fighting for one government." Behind him a ZANLA man sang the opening bars of the guerrillas' Zimbabwe national anthem and the blacks broke into a traditional Shona dance of celebration...
...detachment that Maugham would have appreciated if not welcomed. Elsewhere the book covers the minutiae of 91 years so thoroughly that a subsequent biography is unlikely. One fact remains: although it was lived in tumultuous times, surrounded by power and prestige, Maugham's life lacked transcending drama. The strain of maintaining his facade against a threatening world exacted its price. He survived; he did not prevail. -R.Z. Sheppard