Broken Hearts as a Modern Medical Menace
An essay describes romance themes labeled broken hearts as a life risk and notes rising real cases of heart failure. It explains how premonitory signs allow preventive care and praises devices like sphygmomanometer electro cardiograph and cardiotachometer for recording heart activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Engelen
Mending runs and early tech notes in a single vignette
The text describes a special stocking mend for runs using a no thread extra needle and cites inventions like a cash register inspired by a steamboat propeller, a pneumatic tire from water piping, and a study of heart function by Dr Engelen. It also covers early talkie inspired word shadows aiding deaf readers and medical observations on heart health and strain.
Walking on Water with Pneumatic Shoes Stopper Stunt
J Hazzard of Canton Ohio claims a new feat by walking on water using pneumatic shoes. He inflates the shoes with a bicycle pump and balances on a water cushion attached to a staff as he strolls the surface.
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J. Hazzard
Canton
Ohio
Mr. Hazzard
Mr. Hazzar
How FAR Can the Human Eye SEE and Where
Two reports compare long sight lines from geodetic work. French triangulation notes 168 mile line using lamps at night, mostly over water. Bowie cites Mt St Helens to Mt Shasta at 192 miles as the longest observed line with helioscopes and 12 inch mirrors. The record line rests on instrument precision and atmospheric clarity.
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France
Isle of
Corsica
Bowie
Science and Invention
Mt. St. Helena
Mt. Shasta
United States
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
India
Salt That Tastes Like Meat
An article notes monosodium glutamate known as Ajinomoto becomes common in Orient cuisine. It cites meatlike taste discovered in Japan, Buddhist dietary bans on meat, use of dried fish shavings, and MSG’s rise in Japanese and Chinese kitchens. Production began in China about eight years ago and exports reach the Philippines, Dutch East Indies, and Singapore.
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Orient
Japan
Journal of the American Medical Association
China
Philippines
Dutch East Indies
Singapore
Forest of Stone Trees in Yellowstone Park
The standing stone forest in Yellowstone is described as ancient fossil trunks preserved by silica replacement after volcanic eruptions. Giant conifers once grew on low land near sea level before recurring eruptions buried them under ash and pumice, later transformed into stone over millions of years.
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Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone
Scientific American
Guy E. Mitchell
United States Geological Survey
Yellowstone Canyon
Nature
Great
Yellowstone Plateau
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Germany
Pr Engelen
Mark H. Smith
Medical Times
William Bowie
United States Geodetic Survey
French Geodetic Survey
Courtesy of
Science and Invest
Mts. Shasta
California