Heart Disease A Century After Herrick’s Landmark Case
A retrospective on Dr. James B. Herrick’s 1912 living patient heart attack diagnosis and its impact. The piece traces how early recognition of coronary clots transformed treatment, survival rates, and public health views on arteriosclerosis and heart disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence K. Altman
New York Times News Service
New York
James B. Herrick
Chicago
Herrick
Annals of Medicine
The
American Heart Association
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Paul Dudley White
Boston
Heat Swelters in Morgan County Courthouse Basement
In the Morgan County Courthouse basement temperatures reached 97 to 106 degrees as crews replaced insulation on heating pipes and repair crews addressed a failing air conditioning system. Civil defense and district attorney offices felt the heat more than upper floors, with construction of a new courthouse slated to begin in early 1973.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Defense
Board of Registrars
Lucille W. Lindsey
Charles
Were Martin Bormann Documents Forged?
The Buenos Aires claim that Nazi leader Martin Bormann is alive in Argentina hinges on Velasco and Siri, with Farago alleging forged documents. Velasco dismisses the papers as false and says he has originals. police say none match their archives. Siri, a teacher, says he has not met Farago and will sue for misidentification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrick
Arno G. Motulsky
University of Washington
Seattle
Mutulsky
American Heart Association
Joseph Novitski
New York Times
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Martin Bormann
Bormann
Juan Jose Velasco
Star
Ladislas Farago
Farago
Rodolfo Nicolas Siri
Velasco
Liri
Hitler
Jose Juan Velasco
London Daily Express
New York Daily News
Berlin
Bach
Farage
Daily Express
The
Daily News
Latin America
Stewart Steven
Siri
Tortoni
Avenida de Mayo
Mendoza
Federal Police
Osvaldo A. Messore
Vilimber
Messore
South America
Szthemberg
Ndé
Sztemberg
Steimberg
Uruguay
Plate River
Federal
Saul Stettnberg
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National Center For Health Statistics
United States
White
Arygos v
Sup
Vcava
L. Ventricle
Linda Parham
Morgan County
Sherry Lambert
Alberto S. Caceres
Germany
Juan’Domingo Peron
Ultima Clave
Calle Medrano
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