The purpose of this investigation was to explore the preventive value of anticipatory grief on the medical adjustment of the aged bereaved. Data were collected for 81 surviving widows and widowers 6 mo. after their loss. Sixteen of the bereaved had spouses who died of a chronic illness. These two groups were compared on three criteria of medical adjustment: physician office visits, feeling ill without contacting a physician, and use of psychotropic medications. The data indicated that the aged bereaved of a lengthy chronic fatal illness did worse than the bereaved of a shorter chronic illness death. By sex, no significant differences were found between widows and widowers of a short-term illness death. However, differences were noted for the chronic illness category, and within this category for length of chronicity. In both cases widowers showed more medical problems than widows.

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CoverImages on the cover represent a broad range of natural systems that drive the science supported by the Office of Biological and Environmental Research within the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science. These systems are not only structurally and spatially complex with many different interacting parts spanning molecular to global scales, but they also are dynamically complex, encompassing processes that occur over time scales ranging from nanoseconds to centuries.Image credits: Ball-and-stick representation of atoms within a molecule from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Ribosome molecular complex image from Ditlev Brodersen, Aarhus University. Microscopic image of fungal hyphae on a root surface, copyright Merton Brown, Visuals Unlimited. Forest ecosystem image from the U.S. National Park Service. Mountain and Earth images from iStockphoto. Cover developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

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Fully developed nystagmus present in five Ss with congenital nystagmus while awake with eyes open or closed did not appear during the REM or non‐REM sleep phases. However, rapid conjugate eye movements were present during REM sleep in all five Ss, and could not be distinguished from the patterns recognized in normal subjects.