So the man you call "fat and husky" is fat but _not_ husky, according to
the statistics.
Fat Men and Influenza
During the historic Spanish Influenza epidemic of 1918 more fat people
succumbed than all other types combined. This fact was a source of
surprise and much discussion on the part of newspapers, but not of the
scientists. The big question in treating this disease and its twin,
Pneumonia, is: will the heart hold out? Fat seriously handicaps the
heart.
The Fat Man's Ford Engine
The human heart weighs less than a pound but it is the one organ in
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