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Race’s Nervous Ills Laid to Persecution

April 22, 1935
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Jews suffer far more from nervous diseases than Christians. Under similar conditions, the number of Jewish patients may be two or three times as great as non – Jewish, psychologists in London have established, according to the Evening Standard, a daily newspaper here.

The scientists offer the explanation that “for centuries Jews have been persecuted. Years of worry and unhappiness have left an indelible imprint on the race.”

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