Word: abdomenal
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Burma "as a cruel punishment lasting three months and administered by six tattooers," Constantine had 388 designs on his body, 52 on his abdomen and buttocks alone. In addition to two crowned sphinxes, two serpents, two swans and one horned owl, he had genuine Oriental writing between his fingers which branded him as "the greatest rascal and thief in the world." But he was not much more elaborately illustrated than England's onetime army officer, Zebra Man Omi (see cut), who sports a 150-hour job by London's tattooist George Burchett...
...doctors reported that caudal anesthesia slowed up delivery in their 20 cases because the patient "has absolutely no urge to bear down." But Drs. Edwards and Hingson believe it speeded labor in their series-all an obstetrician has to do is keep a hand on his patient's abdomen, tell her when to help...
...Vanity Fair heard of the "technique," readily got permission for famed Photographer Edward Steichen to photograph it in action. Came the day, and Steichen disposed his assistants high in the amphitheater with flash bulbs. The patient, a woman, had hardly arrived on the scene when Erdmann opened up her abdomen from top to bottom with one neat slice. Suddenly, in the rafters, the photographer's assistants lost their lunches and their balances. Steichen gave up for that day. Next time he fortified himself with troops who had been "blooded." After Erdmann's usual greetings to the assembled throng...
...strangest of children's diseases is celiaca, a lingering intestinal ailment which produces diarrheaandmuscular weakness, stunts growth for several years. Victims of celiaca cannot utilize fats and carbohydrates; most sugars ferment in their intestines, cause enormous distention of the abdomen...
...impossible to tell, from a bullet's point of entrance, what track it may have taken. Often missiles passed clear through the abdomen without damaging any of the viscera. He added that the recovery rate for persons injured by revolver bullets was "flattering" to the operating surgeon...