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Medicine: THE CHANCES FOR RECOVERY

PRESIDENT Eisenhower's attack, and his good recovery to date, have given national urgency to questions that have always troubled heart patients and their families: How good a recovery can a patient make after a coronary thrombosis, and what are his chances of resuming an ordinary, active life? While each case is different, the answer that most heart specialists are now trying to put across to the country is: the chances are far better than generally realized.

The medical profession itself did not fully understand this even 20 years ago. The general feeling used to be: the less activity the better. Recently, searching...

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