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...some months the Dowager Tsarina Dagmar, widow of Tsar Alexander III, and her nephew King Christian X of Denmark have employed agents to investigate the possibility that a woman with bullet scars upon her scalp and abdomen, who is being cared for in a Berlin sanitarium under the name "Frau von Tschaikovski" (TIME, Jan. 11), may actually be the Grand Duchess Anastasia, reputedly murdered with her father Tsar Nicholas II and the rest of the imperial family in a cellar at Ekaterinburg. (July...
...concatenation of cries which clutched the mother's heart, sent her running to her baby's crib. She snatched up the child and hurriedly felt for open diaperpins. Then she undressed it to hunt for chafes. The body was pink and dry. Gently she pressed the abdomen, even though the cries were not those of colic. The flesh dimpled under her probing finger. It was firm yet not rigid. Puzzled and worried she dandled her baby a moment and gave it to nurse. The wailing had subsided to choking, interrupted whimpers. Tears mottled the baby face like...
...obstruction such cathartic-induced peristalsis pounds the blockade, causing terrific distress and often death. Appendicitis is another situation where cathartics may not be used without discretion. Here the appendix has become infected and the human corporation tries to occlude the spread of germs by forming adhesions and putting the abdomen at rest. Cathartics disturb this equilibrium...
...performer of the nautch, an Indian ballet-dance in which the dancers sway and vibrate their bodies without moving from the spot on which they stand. By developing certain muscles, especially those of the abdomen, they are able to produce seemingly impossible twitchings and convulsions, which are highly esteemed...
...careful inquiry as to whether a certain "Frau von Tchaikovski" now in a Berlin sanitarium is really the Grand Duchess Anastasia, daughter of Tsar Nicholas II. "Frau von Tchaikovski" is suffering from complete nervous and mental breakdown, and bears the scars of bullet wounds on her scalp and abdomen. Two former servants of the Grand Duchess Anastasia have positively identified...