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...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 dew on roses. The mother kissed them away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Needle | 3/29/1926 | See Source »

Professor - "Do you know what the sternum is?" Student - "It's the bone the tail feathers grow out of." Class all have the colic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 2/16/1882 | See Source »

...dreamy and romantic. I found Granada perfect, but unhappily Granada disagreed with me. I had been there but two days when my Moorish reveries began to be interrupted by - colic. I tried to walk it off. It was no use. The more I walked the worse was the pain, and finally I reluctantly yielded to fate, settled myself in a charming little room in the very shadow of the grand old Moorish palace, and determined to physic myself into a respectable physical state. I was quite alone. The picturesque Spaniards about me did not look like reliable medical authorities...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EXTRACT FROM A LETTER. | 2/12/1875 | See Source »

...Colic, neuralgia, headache, and heartburn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A FACT. | 1/24/1873 | See Source »

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