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Height, 6 ft. 3 in. Weight, about 200 lb. Form, very erect; unusually long limbs, big hands, feet and joints; slightly sunken chest; large head (26⅞ in. around...
...impairment in this case may be considered as affecting especially three systems; namely, the gastrointestinal system, as exemplified by the attacks of dysentery; the circulatory system, as a result of the persistent malaria, and the respiratory system, as shown by the susceptibility to colds in the head, throat and chest. All signs seem to point to the respiratory system as presenting the place of least resistance of the body...
...have been through some serious illnesses which were bound to leave their traces; they have impaired your health and lowered your resistance. Your chief weakness is evidently in your respiratory organs. You have a marked susceptibility to colds and to serious inflammation in the head, throat and chest...
...surgery Dr. Matas has been protean. He was one of the first to use local anesthesia. He invented a splint for broken jaws and aluminum binders for bulging arteries. He discovered safe ways of operating in the cavities of the chest and sure ways of testing for blocked circulation in fingers and toes...
...falling. One is arched up, head back, on tiptoe. One, with a long beard, has turned sideways, looks like a figure on a Greek frieze. One man's knee is drawn up as if he were getting ready to take a hurdle. Every man's chest is blotted with dark stains. Though they are all still on their feet, the whole line, knocked reeling against the cabin wall, is dead or dying...