Word: ulcerous
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...finding of an ulcer in the stomach, as distinct from the more common ulcer of the duodenum, need not mean that the patient must be rushed to surgery for fear of cancer, a team of Boston doctors reported after studying 1,000 cases. They still urge prompt operation for any stomach ulcer if there is reasonable suspicion of malignancy; otherwise, doctors can safely treat the patient for a month and see how the ulcer behaves...
...worked in a bank since he was 15-because his parents had thought that this was a secure and respectable way to make a living. But he was frustrated; he wanted to work with his hands, and at 63 he was nervous, underweight and developing an ulcer. When he realized what his trouble was, he went to work in a furniture factory. The satisfaction of making things did wonders. He has gained weight, stopped biting his nails, and has no ulcer trouble. He has risen to foreman...
Eight Swishes. Vinoba Bhave is a sick man: he has a duodenal ulcer and malaria. For food, he takes only two cups of milk daily, the second laced with honey. Yet somehow he finds the energy to walk a steady ten to 20 miles a day. When he is on the road, he and his disciples get up in some sleeping village at 3 a.m. There is a patter of handclaps, a tinkling bell, the flash of a kerosene lantern, the shuffling of sandals in the dust, and the little group departs for the next village, singing hymns. When...
...Ulcers & Dilbert. Judging from his drawing, Cartoonist Osborn should have a disposition like a snapping turtle. Osborn surprises people by turning out to be a buoyant, handsome man of 48 with a pretty wife and two happy children. The son of a prosperous Wisconsin lumberman, he liked to draw pictures as a youngster, and wanted desperately to be a serious artist. The trouble was, says Osborn, that "I was quite fat, and I had to be funny all the time to cover up this fat business." The strain worried him into an ulcer at 14, but he eventually discovered...
...1930s, a few companies like Standard Oil of New Jersey set up company health programs with a limited emphasis on the protection of executives. But to most companies, the fallacy in lavishing care on their machines while neglecting their men, is a recent revelation. No longer is an ulcer the badge of loyal devotion, a spare tire around the midriff an excuse for a gibe. They are visible signs of the depreciation of a valuable company asset. By last week the concern had become so great that Dr Harry J. Johnson, director of the Life Extension Examiners, could confidentially describe...