Word: tracts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Abdullah, as the first King of Trans-Jordan, ruled his country uneventfully for 30 years. The most exciting act of his reign came in 1948 when Israel was created and Abdullah annexed a tract of Palestine west of the Jordan. With land on both sides of the river, the King decided to call his country merely Jordan. Control of it remained firmly in the hands of the Trans-Jordanians, however, and Abdullah's Palestinian subjects on the West Bank never really warmed to their King. Many of them suspected that he might agree to a peaceful settlement with Israel...
...anemia. Febricula, a "little fever" that lingered in some medical texts until 1947, was once thought to be caused by stale beer, foul odors and sewer gases. It has since been identified as a symptom of a variety of other-and more easily identified-viral infections of the respiratory tract...
...fact that women develop unexplained infections of the urinary tract more often than men has long been observed but not understood. Now, Urologist Jack Lapides of the University of Michigan finds that the answer lies in toilet habits: most women urinate less frequently than men. The reasons, says Lapides, are social and cultural rather than physiological...
...classes or on dates. By then she may be deluding herself with the idea that her restraint strengthens her bladder. On the contrary, says Lapides, it causes the bladder to become distended, with its walls taut and blood circulation diminished. This in turn reduces the resistance to infection. Urinary-tract infections may manifest themselves by a burning pain during urination. Eventually, they can involve not only the urethra and bladder, but extend up to the kidneys. They are among the most stubborn and hard to treat of common infections. Penicillin is usually ineffective, and urologists have to rely on other...
...many as 30% of girls up to age 16 are "infrequent voiders," Lapides says. Beyond that age, they begin paying for their restraint in medical disorders. One of his studies showed that 60% of women with urinary-tract infections had enlarged, infrequently voided bladders. Another disclosed that 67% of 250 infected women had bad bladder habits. Dr. Lapides' prescription: the bladder should be emptied about every two hours. Teachers and supervisors should recognize this and stop acting annoyed when pupils or employees regularly respond to the urge...