Word: fatalism
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After the funeral, the mourners silently went their separate ways. They had known for weeks that Sam Rayburn was dying-but he had somehow seemed indestructible, and few could believe that the end would really come. In fact, the fatal cancer that eventually consumed Rayburn was at work during the spring of 1961, when lines of pain began etching his face and he complained of an aching back. Twice during last June and July he lost consciousness while sitting in the Speaker's chair, only to recover within moments and carry on as though nothing had happened. "They...
Measles, the most common childhood disease in the United States, is dreaded especially because of its complications. Leaving victims highly susceptible to infections of any kind, it may lead to pneumonia, to tuberculosis or to encephalitis, a fatal disease of the brain and spinal column...
...underdeveloped, tropical countries, where hygiene is poor and public health measures minimal, measles and its complications are fatal in 10 per cent of the cases...
...this unclassified virus to grow in tissue cultures. Since the illness in children is so mild, the raw virus could probably be used to infect girls before puberty; the danger is that if they escape childhood infection, exposure during the first three months of pregnancy may cause crippling or fatal damage to the fetus...
...just to the left of the navel. He sets the pacemaker on a bed of abdominal muscle. Only 2 by 3 by ½ in., it is so compact that the patient can bend double without feeling it. The battery should last four to five years, and failure is not fatal. The heart jogs along until the battery is replaced...