Health Inquiry: Heart disease, cancerU.S. Government Printing Office, 1953 - 3151 pages pt.8: Contains two compilations. a. "Health and Maternity Insurance Throughout the World," Feb. 1954, by Carl H. Farman, SSA (p. 2565-2629). b. "Hospital and Medical Care Programs in Great Britain, Sweden, New Zealand, and Australia," Feb. 1954, by Martha D. Ring, PHS (p. 2631-3151) |
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... strongly points to the prob- ability of learning a tremendous lot more about the fundamental tissue changes and ... that occur in the important con- nective tissues of our body which are altered in this severe disease problem .
... strongly points to the prob- ability of learning a tremendous lot more about the fundamental tissue changes and ... that occur in the important con- nective tissues of our body which are altered in this severe disease problem .
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Rheumatic fever may inflame connective tissues widely throughout the body , but the heart is usually the only organ permanently affected . The disease has been called one that licks the joints and bites the heart .
Rheumatic fever may inflame connective tissues widely throughout the body , but the heart is usually the only organ permanently affected . The disease has been called one that licks the joints and bites the heart .
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Among studies under way are investigations on the relationship of group A hemolytic streptococci to rheumatic fever , on the way the disease develops , on the conditions under which it develops , on the chemistry of connective tissue ...
Among studies under way are investigations on the relationship of group A hemolytic streptococci to rheumatic fever , on the way the disease develops , on the conditions under which it develops , on the chemistry of connective tissue ...
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Each arteriole and artery of the body is made up of an inner lining , an elastic layer , a series of muscle layers , and an outside covering tissue . With sustained high blood pressure , a gradual thickening of the muscle layers occurs ...
Each arteriole and artery of the body is made up of an inner lining , an elastic layer , a series of muscle layers , and an outside covering tissue . With sustained high blood pressure , a gradual thickening of the muscle layers occurs ...
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If it involves the arteries leading to the brain , for instance , it may result in slow starvation of brain tissue and a degeneration of the intellect . This slow dying at the top due to arteriosclerosis of the brain is a distressing ...
If it involves the arteries leading to the brain , for instance , it may result in slow starvation of brain tissue and a degeneration of the intellect . This slow dying at the top due to arteriosclerosis of the brain is a distressing ...
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| Title | Health Inquiry: Heart disease, cancer Part 1 of Health Inquiry: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Eighty-third Congress, First and [-second] Sessions, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce Part 1 of Health Inquiry: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Eighty-third Congress, First[-second] Session, on the Causes, Control, and Remedies of the Principal Deseases of Mankind, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1953 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Dec 2008 |
| Length | 3151 pages |
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