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...very tall, very thin man with bright deep-sunken eyes. Beside him stood the manager of a bus company. Suddenly the bus manager clapped his hand to his right side, groaned in agony, collapsed. The tall thin man had him removed to an emergency hospital nearby, tapped his abdomen, announced crisply: "Appendix. We'll have to operate at once. Not a moment to lose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONSERVATION: Excision; Explosion; Examination | 7/13/1931 | See Source »

...September. From then until January he was active in the campaign which raised $500,000 to liquidate Baylor's debts. Then he was ordered to rest. A hearty eater but never active in sports, he was wasting away. An exploratory incision last fortnight revealed the cancerous condition of his abdomen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Bravery at Baylor | 5/18/1931 | See Source »

Just the least bit paunchy because of a bandage drawn tightly across his little abdomen, Rt. Hon. Philip Snowden hobbled gallantly into the House of Commons on his two rubber-tipped canes last week, leaned for support against the dark oak despatch box table and made in 62 minutes flat his Budget Speech, normally an affair of two hours or more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Blue Paper Budget | 5/4/1931 | See Source »

Wounded in the neck and abdomen a U. S. newspaperman, Hartwell F. Ayers, lay some time in agony before being taken to Gorgas Hospital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PANAMA: 15-Hour Coup | 1/12/1931 | See Source »

Near Jamestown, N. Y., Tearle H. George, fireman, caught a muskrat in a trap, prodded it with the butt of his shotgun, was shot in the abdomen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Bell-Ringers | 12/8/1930 | See Source »

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