Word: uremia
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Died. Zaro Agha. circa 160. a Turk believed to be the oldest man in the world; of uremia; in Istanbul. Doctors who examined Zaro Agha thought his abnormal pituitary gland responsible for his longevity, never wholly subscribed to his statement that he was born two years before the signing of the Declaration of Independence...
Died. John Milton Dodson, 74, long-time (1901-24) dean of medical courses at the University of Chicago and dean of students at Rush Medical College, one-time editor of Hygeia; of uremia; in Chicago...
Died, Baron Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss Wester Wemyss, 69, onetime (1917-19) First Sea Lord of Britain; of uremia; in Cannes, France. Commander of the Second Battle Squadron in the Mediterranean, he distinguished himself during the War for the successful landing of troops on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Bland of countenance, monocle in eye, he (with Marshal Foch, General Weygand, Rear Admiral George Hope) presented the Armistice ultimatum to the Germans in 1918. After the War he formally received the German fleet at Scapa Flow...
Died. Prince Zakhari Mdivani of Georgia (South Russia), 65, onetime aide-de-camp of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, father of the much-married Mdivani princes (Serge, David, Alexis); of uremia and heart disease; in Paris...
...hotel room, several days after a collapse brought on by high blood pressure and heart trouble; in Washington's Hotel Driscoll at the foot of Capitol Hill. Died. Admiral Juan Bautista Aznar. 63, last Premier of Spain (February-April 1931) under the Monarchy; of lung trouble, uremia and complications; in Madrid...