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- July 30, 1990: Died:Richard Overholt
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
- July 30, 1990 Mr. Germany
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
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- MILESTONES, Page 65
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- <p> DIED. Richard Overholt, 88, chest surgeon and pioneer in the
- U.S. antismoking crusade; in Boston. In the early 1930s, while
- operating on tuberculosis patients, Overholt noticed that the
- lungs of nonsmokers recovered faster than those of smokers.
- When he shared his finding with other doctors in 1934, Overholt
- recalled, "They thought I was crazy. I could see so much
- evidence, and no one would listen."
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- </body>
- </article>
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