Dropped from history dropsy and other old ailments
A survey of historic diseases shows how terms like dropsy, dipsomania, hectic fever and talipes evolved. Experts explain modern equivalents such as heart failure, alcoholism, tuberculosis, club foot, Hansen’s disease and chorea, with notes on Black Plague and sweating sickness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane See White
Associated Press
Nem Vorr
World Health Organization
Smallpea
Hippocrates
Christ
Henry A Skinner
Skinner
James Goodrich
Columbia University
Goodrich
Talipes Skinner
Goodrick
William Beatty
Northwestern University
Blackwater
Yore
Beatty
Europe
Henry VIII
England
Anne Boleyn
Firestone Reaches Final Recall Agreement with Government
In Washington Firestone Tire and the government signed a final recall accord for 10 million Firestone 500 steel belted radial tires. The agreement aims to end confusion, expedite the recall, and outlines trade‑ins and free replacements for worn 500s and certain other models. Firestone projects a two‑year recall span with about 400,000 tires traded to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
Firestone
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Akron
Ohio
Richard A. Riley
Riley
NHTSA
Montgomery Ward
Grappler
U.S of Canada
Littlest refusenick arrives in Boston today
Jessica Katz a one year old with malabsorption syndrome traveled from Moscow to join her parents Boris and Natalia Katz and younger sister Gabrielle in the United States after a months long struggle. In Cambridge pediatrician Dr Richard Fembloom said the baby is past the crisis and may not need hospitalization though she remains not completely out of the woods. Russian doctors could not treat her condition but Americans reportedly have.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge, Mass
Jessica Katz
United States
Boston
Russia
Richard Fembloom
Cambrdge
Katzes
Jessica
America
Boris
Natalia Katz
Vienna
Moscow
Gabrielle
Nixon Facing Noisy Welcome at Oxford Union
Former President Nixon headed to Oxford University where planed protests for his talk at the Oxford Union. Police and U S Secret Service will guard the event as about 400 students and a London busload of Americans aim to block the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
England
Nixon
Oxford University
London
Oxford Union
Paallyrg
Prade'ph
Europe
Claridge
Lothi
Paris
Tee Teese
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joan Claybrook
Refusenick
Sara
Hsing
Cline
Cristmas
Mens
Bays
Loemy Fey
Stevens All
Parsons
Daly
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