Medicine: What Ails Mossadeq?

How come Premier Mohammed Mossadeq keels over so often? As every newspaper reader knows, he is prone to fainting fits, weeping or taking to his bed. What ails the man?

When he arrived in Manhattan to put Iran's case before the U.N., he checked in at a hospital instead of a hotel. After seven days on the 16th floor of the huge New York Hospital, Patient Mossadeq was discharged. The doctors' verdict, as reported by the Premier's physician-son, Gholam Mossadeq: there is nothing wrong with him that a good rest, regular meals and regular sleep won't cure. In the U.S., he has...

Want the full story?

Subscribe Now

Subscribe
Subscribe

Learn more about the benefits of being a TIME subscriber

If you are already a subscriber sign up — registration is free!