Word: chloroformate
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...Endeavour paper points to Iberian folklore on suicidal scorpions; when surrounded by flames, they will sting themselves in the back. In the early 1880s in Britain, a debate on the topic blossomed after a London zoologist placed a scorpion in a glass container, administered chloroform and claimed he observed the animal trying to sting itself. To prove him wrong, the psychologist Conwy Lloyd Morgan set up a series of traps for the critters. "He surrounded them with fire, condensed sunbeams on their backs, heated them in a bottle, burned them with phosphoric acid, treated them with electric shocks and subjected...
...McKinney told the court that the chains, fur-lined manacles, rope, chloroform and wedding trousseau complete with "pink feathers and see-through nighties" were all props for the bondage sessions she planned for McKinnon. "We had such a fun time - just like old times," McKinney told the court in her native North Carolina drawl. "I love him so much that I would ski naked down Mount Everest with a carnation up my nose if he asked me to," she added. Such sexual frankness rather stuck out in a magistrates court in sedate, suburban Surrey, England, in those days...
...have patients share beds. "For a short period only," Dr. Chaturvedi says, looking slightly sheepish. "But it happens." A tour of the emergency and outpatient departments brings the problem into stark relief: the crowds of patients and visiting relatives are as thick and suffocating as the heady fug of chloroform and the sounds of children screaming. A few cases on trolley beds wait outside under a small awning. Though generally well kept, "it's very hard to maintain cleanliness even if you clean every half an hour," says the head of the outpatient department, Dr. P.K. Misra, waving his hand...
Year: 2008 House: Cabot Concentration: Women in Business Hometown: Belmont, Mass. Ideal Date: Chloroform, a shovel, and a bag of fertilizer Best way for a guy/girl to get your attention: I’d say plastic surgery, but I don’t want to sound like an asshole. Where to find you on a Saturday night: Alone, in the fetal position, and crying in a corner of my room, a tub of Ben and Jerry’s Moosetracks clutched in my aching hands while listening to Cher’s “Song for the Lonely?...
...most revolutionary movie of our generation to date. I mean, it was basically an internet joke that went way out of control. And, to tell the truth, it was kind of a model for our UC campaign. A bunch of our initial drafts involved elaborate mock assassination attempts with chloroform and wild animals. (No, really.) 4. “The Lees of Old Virginia” from 1776. I’m still waiting for the day when musical theatre gets recognized for how subversive it really is. No matter how jaded, neurotic, or dysfunctional the country gets...