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...only known account was that of the first mate, Owen Chase. But this spring 100 pages written by Thomas Nickerson, who shipped on the Essex as a boy of 16, were found in an attic in Connecticut and sent to Edouard Stackpole, whaling expert and curator of the Peter Foulger Museum in Nantucket. Here are excerpts from Nickerson 's chronicle...
...Juan will be played by Charles Donahue, and the Commander by A. Combrinck-Graham III. Also in the cast are Amanda Foulger (Ana) and Jere Whiting (Devil). The play is directed by Donald Lyons and produced by Frederic Schwarts...
...last week Dr. Foulger has tried the machine on about 100 workers, found it a very sensitive indicator of such borderline illnesses as an incipient cold, a run-down condition, a morning after. The machine's chief use in industry is to detect poor working conditions. When all the hearts in a department give out low booms, something is wrong-e.g., slow escape of gas, poisonous chemicals, overwork...
...Industrial Medicine, Researchers Foulger and Smith explained how the heart, without being diseased itself, quickly reflects changes in circulation caused by poisons, poor nutrition, anemia, fatigue, etc. Any one of these factors can start a vicious circle by lowering muscle tone throughout the body, thus impairing the return of blood to the heart. With less blood to pump, the muscles of the left side of the heart lose some of their oomph and sour notes result. The poor heart action adds to that tired feeling, contributes to the slow return of blood...
...After exercise, they found, a heart's pitch normally goes up (irrespective of its rhythm), returns to normal in about five minutes. When, after exercise, the pitch 1) goes very high and takes a long time to come down, 2) does not change, or 3) goes down, Dr. Foulger looks for trouble. He usually finds...