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...collagen diseases" (involving the connective tissues) are most responsive. Rheumatoid arthritis and rheumatic fever, which first put ACTH in the headlines (TIME, May 2), are placed in this group by many authorities. Several others follow the same pattern of quick relief, quick relapse when treatment is stopped.¶ Swollen lymph glands and nodes shrink visibly; even lymphatic leukemia (blood cancer) is slowed for a while...
What with all the diversion (and very good business), Bangkok's colony of Westerners has doubled since prewar days, new numbers 1,200, including 400 Americans. Foreigners love Siam. Caricaturist Al Hirschfeld was entranced until he met with a painful accident. A doctor explained that his swollen cheek was caused by a poisonous moth. "How," cried Hirschfeld, "can I tell people at home I was bitten by a moth...
Sophomores Jim Welch and Morgy Hatch played most of the game as replacements for Minot and DiBlasio as Coach Chase sought desperately for a scoring combination. Trainer Eddie Noonan expects to have Huntington and DiBlasio ready for tomorrow's game with Princeton, but Minot's knee is still swollen...
Since that time, the nation's health has vastly improved, for many reasons. Payrolls shrunk by the Depression have swollen in boom times and given millions added buying power for medical care. The wonder drugs have worked miracles. World War II, though it killed and maimed hundreds of thousands, gave millions of men & women better medical and dental care than they had ever had before, and made them health-conscious. Group insurance has enabled many families to go to the doctor oftener-and earlier, when it does the most good...
...hour and three-quarters later, as he walked off the 18th green with a swollen 76, Ben was four strokes down, and Sam Snead was the winner. Ben Hogan smiled wanly at the crowd and said: "I'm terribly sorry I didn't play better today . . . I hope I'll give you a better show here next year...