06-01-2008, 08:24 PM
Arlene Hale wrote many nurse novels, which makes me suspect she was probably a nurse, hence her desire to remain medically accurate. You may laugh at how people viewed illness, even in the 60s, but they really did believe that hardening of the arteries can cause many different problems. It may sound funny to us today, but who knows, maybe they're right. We're just waiting to find out more answers on that front.