Word: emphysema
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Died. Major General Charles Scott, 71, pioneer in mechanized armor, commander in 1940 of the 2nd Armored ("Hell on Wheels") Division, later (1943-45) chief of U.S. Armored Forces; of emphysema; in Washington...
...heredity carriers in the germ plasm) prevents their soft, prenatal cartilage from developing into a normal skeleton. The young appear normal for two weeks, then become bandy-legged as if suffering from rickets. Usually they die at the age of four to five weeks, with soft, collapsed ribs and emphysema of the lungs (air leakage into the spaces of the connective tissue...
TIME'S story appeared. He also suffered general emphysema, was also deflated through a needle...
...insanity or congestion in the head but pain in the tongue, sometimes inducing chronic sore throat, is the oboist's occupational hazard. Wind & brass players are subject to emphysema (enlargement of the lungs). Curious readers Ire referred to "Occupational Diseases of Musicians" by Robert Pollak in the February issue of Hygeia...