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    Posted (edited)

    Hello;

    I think I understand much of this paragraph; however I don't know the MEDICAL condition. -Herzwerweiterung?

    I was wondering if someone with a medical background, and in the context of the paragraph below better explain what his aliment?

    Betreut von seiner verehrten Gattin, die ihm seit 1923 als treue Gefährtin zur Seite stand und sich um seine Gesundheit sorgte, hätte man ihm einen längeren schönen Lebensabend gewünscht. Aber bei seinen zahlreichen Flügen – z.T. in mehreren tausend Metern Höhehatte er sich eine empfindliche Herzwerweiterung zugezogen, die bei zunehmendem Alter mehr und mehr entartete. Er starb am 23.2.54 in seinem 73. Lebensjahre an totaler Herzschwäche in Donaueschingen. M...... hat ein an Arbeit und Ehren reiches Leben gelebt.

    -er war ein Rhenane!-

    Thank you in advance

    Edited by Claudius
    Posted

    Thank you Uwe.

    Ah, yes. Dilated cardiomyopathy, commonly called an Enlarged Heart. I am familiar with that term. I have read Wikipedia’s multiple causes. I didn’t see any altitude related.

    The gentleman described in the paragraph above was a balloon observer. If I understand the translation, it either suggests that his high altitude trips caused his heart condition or his heart condition was aggravated by his existing heart condition. He did live to be 73; therefore he did live with the condition for a very long time after the war.

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