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Reagan has been following a go-slow regimen so that his body's "cement" can harden properly after major surgery last July for a cancerous polyp in his bowel. The former lifeguard, once cheerily vain about his lifelong "coat of tan," has given up his morning sunbaths and wears a broad-brimmed straw hat to protect his face. These are also doctors' orders, aimed at preventing a recurrence of the skin cancer that was scraped from his nose last month...
...inauguration as Brazil's President on March 15, Tancredo Neves underwent emergency surgery for diverticulitis, an inflammation of the intestinal tract. The operation was judged a success, but five days later Neves was back in surgery. The second operation, last week, was to remove adhesions that prevented the bowel from functioning and caused a buildup of gas and swelling. Doctors predicted afterward that Neves, 75, would recover fully but slowly. One physician reportedly told the President-elect, "You need to get better." Replied Neves: "I don't need to. I must...
...First, it is an unlicensed pig, covertly purchased by Swaby and his two friends, the accountant Allardyee (Richard Griffiths) and the barrister Lockwood (John Normington) and planned as the guest of honor at a fete to celebrate the royal wedding. Secondly, the pig is subject to frequent and liquid bowel movements, especially when brought into a strange environment like the Chilver's living room...
...your article, you left the impression that I had recommended that active homosexuals be "barred" from the food-handling business because of AIDS. Not so. The danger from homosexual food handlers is not AIDS, but the spread of enteric diseases (the so-called gay bowel syndrome), several of which are epidemic among gays and are spread by contaminated food...
...help local authorities cope with an outbreak of intestinal disease caused by Salmonella newport. Groping for a lead, Holmberg visited several of the victims in their homes. "I stuck my head in their refrigerators. I asked things you would never ask your friends, as nicely as possible, about diarrhea, bowel habits, food preparation, how often they washed their hands, drug use." Working with local health authorities, Holmberg eventually traced the probable cause of the disease to a herd of cows in a muddy field in South Dakota...