The silent killer (continued)

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     I previously posted that a South African newspaper described AIDS as
"the silent killer."  OCLC Worldcat has 130 titles for "silent killer"--here
are some.  The phrase (perhaps first used for hypertension and high blood
pressure) picked up speed in 1970, but was quickly applied to almost every
disease in the 1980s and 1990s:

SILENT KILLER (1959)--U.S. Dept. of Agriculture film on the spruce budworm, a
silent killer that can destroy a forest.
HYPERTENSION: THE SILENT KILLER (1970).
HYPERTENSION: THE SILENT KILLER (1975).
THE SILENT KILLER: A CALL TO FITNESS (1977).
VACCINATION, THE SILENT KILLER (1977).
THE SILENT KILLER (HYPERTENSION) (1979).
COLD WATER, THE SILENT KILLER (1981).
THE SILENT KILLER: LONG TERM STRESS MANAGEMENT (1981).
EMOTIONAL ABUSE: THE SILENT PERSONALITY KILLER (1985).
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE (THE SILENT KILLER) (1985).
HYPERTENSION: THE INSIDE STORY ON THIS SILENT KILLER (1985).
OSTEOPOROSIS: THE SILENT KILLER (1985).
THE SILENT KILLER, AIDS (1986).
AIDS: SILENT KILLER (1987).
ASBESTOS IN OUR SCHOOLS: TAMING THE SILENT KILLER (1987).
CHOLESTEROL: ANOTHER SILENT KILLER (1987).
SLOW DEATH: WORK, THE SILENT KILLER (1998).
CANDIDA YEAST INFECTION: THE SILENT KILLER (1988).
HYPOTHERMIA: THE SILENT KILLER (1989).
OVERCOMING STRESS, THE SILENT KILLER (1989).
COCAINE, THE SILENT KILLER (1990).
EMPLOYEE DEPRESSION, "THE SILENT KILLER OF AMERICAN BUSINESS" (1990).
WORRY, THE SILENT KILLER (1991).
CANINE HEARTWORM DISEASE: THE SILENT KILLER (1992).
CLOSTRIDIAL ENTERITIS: "THE SILENT KILLER" (1992).
HEPATITIS: THE SILENT KILLER (1995).
SILENT KILLER: PROPERTY TAXATION (1995).
HEARING ON PROSTATE CANCER: THE SILENT KILLER (U.S. Senate, 1997).
DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS: THE SILENT KILLER (1997).
FIGHTING THE SILENT KILLER (OVARIAN CANCER) (1998).
HEPATITIS C: THE SILENT KILLER (1998).
CARBON MONOXIDE: A SILENT KILLER (1999).

     This will all be explained in detail in my new book: READING: THE SILENT
KILLER.