Complex sentence: Robert Laffont, Paris, 1979, p.269 His health deteriorated in the face of this hatred and in 1947 an x-ray revealed a lesion in his left lung.
Split into simpler sentences: Robert Laffont, Paris, 1979, p.269 His health deteriorated in the face of this hatred. In 1947 an x-ray revealed a lesion in his left lung.