Word: croup
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...water was boiling in the croup kettle that Irene Lingo was fixing for her five-month-old daughter, Laura Jean, when the baby kicked it over. The scalding liquid burned Laura Jean's back and one arm. Mrs. Lingo wiped her off with a towel, ran two blocks to summon her brother-in-law with his car, and in a few minutes presented the baby at the emergency room of small (112 beds) Woodlawn Hospital on Chicago's South Side...
...make sure that rodeo mounts will come out bucking, they are harnessed with a tight "flank" strap, fastened around the belly and croup. The strap is tightened just before the chute door opens, is quickly released again at the end of the ride...
...says now that "all doubts vanished" when Dr. Katherine Kiehl appeared shortly thereafter, diagnosed Pamela's wheezing as the croup, and whisked her away to the Massachusetts General Hospital the immediate admittance alone amazed Mrs. Brown, Pamela was administered a shot of penicillin and 36 hours later showed up in good health at her parents' 36 Hingham Street home...
...take care of anything from croup to whooping cough, two children's health centers, sponsored by the U.S. Federal Security Administration, are currently available to the 1500 odd offsprings of veterans at the University. Located at 70 Mt. Auburn Street and at the Hygiene Department Offices in Harvardevens Village, the clinics are dispensing free examinations, immunization, treatment, and diagnosis...
William Randolph Hearst's personal shopping list was glommed some years ago by a literary visitor, and the gossip finally reached the Saturday Review of Literature. The list read: "1 pair shoelaces, 1 croup kettle, 2 hippopotami...