Word: diagramming
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...hour by an auxiliary turbojet or rocket engine, or get a lift from a conventional plane. After that, enough air is rammed into the engine's front inlet to set up a pressure barrier that forces the burning gases to escape at the rear, thus providing thrust (see diagram...
...interview with Robert Chapman is a good idea, well carried out (and certainly the drama reviews ought to offer some comment on the operations of the Loeb). But McLeod's other piece, a discussion of the set for The Tempest, is rendered incomprehensible by the lack of a diagram, and the reviews are undistinguished...
...major arteries to flush small blood clots and other circulatory blocks. The lower ends of the two leg bones, the tibia and fibula, as well as some of the talus or anklebone, were trimmed, and two stainless-steel nails were driven up through the heel into the tibia (see diagram). With his ankle fused, Liang's right leg was shortened...
Blind Loop. Dr. Troncelliti opened the man's abdomen and cut the small bowel about 42 inches below the point where it emerges from behind the large bowel (see diagram). He took the free end of this 42-inch loop and stitched it into the side of the transverse colon, leaving the remaining 15 to 20 feet of the small bowel as a nonfunctioning blind loop. When the man recovered from the operation, he continued to overeat, but the food digested in his stomach and duodenum passed more directly into his colon. He absorbed enough protein and starch...
...stones" range in size from a grain of sand to a marble. They are made up of cholesterol, bile acids and other digestive substances, and when they interfere with the flow of fat-digesting bile to the duodenum (see diagram), they may cause sharp and colicky pain, especially after a heavy, fatty meal. This is what happened to President Lyndon Johnson at his Texas ranch early last month...