Hereditary Telangiectasia: Hodgkin's Disease
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Dr. Cates: This man, who was employed as a fireman in an aircraft factory, died from vomiting blood on the 7th December last year. He was a known victim of familial telangiectasia and had had several previous episodes of haemorrhage from the gut which had been very severe. Before he died he developed a fresh disease for which he received a course of nitrogen mustard. In 1930, at the age of 31, he had a severe nose bleed, losing about one pint. He went
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