Word: stressful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Saskatchewan (mental) Hospital in Weyburn. In the Journal of Mental Science, the two doctors do some close reasoning. Mescaline, they suggest, breaks down in the body; some resulting "M substance" (chemically related to adrenalin) upsets the brain's sugar consumption and brings on split-personality hallucinations. Similarly, perhaps, stress of the type that brings on schizophrenia upsets the adrenals, and they liberate "M substance...
Under the stress of such 20th century imperatives as industrialization, swift-flowing traffic and civic cleanliness, many fine old institutions have been erased from the Mexico City scene. Gone are the dog sellers of Madero Avenue, the guitar-strumming trios who once worked the suburban bus lines, the evangelistas (professional letter writers) who held forth in a plaza near the presidential palace. The mosaic-tiled promenades in the parks, where boy met girl in evening roundabout strolls as stylized as ballet, are deserted; nowadays, boy blows auto horn summoning dark-eyed beauty to drive off to the nearest cabaret...
...Freedom has given the U.S. the elasticity to endure strain. Freedom keeps open the path of novel and creative solutions, and enables change to come by choice. Every silencing of a heresy . . . diminishes the toughness and resilience of our society, and leaves it the less able to deal with stress...
...coronary deaths in the early 305." What to do for a patient whose history shows that there is a danger of coronary attack? "The current accent on the avoidance of overexertion is some what misplaced, and in most cases, except those with severe heart-muscle damage, avoidance of emotional stress is more im portant." Or, as Dr. Cathcart put it for his professional audience: "A useful anticoagulant is peace of mind...
...must show patience and good judgment . . . Every commander must stress the readiness for combat . . . There must be no thought of going home until permanent peace and stability have been restored in Korea . . . Every commander must study closely the terms of the armistice . . . Every man . . . must understand exactly what he can and cannot do under these terms. Every commander will be held responsible for the compliance of his troops...