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...American Medical Association Dr. Short described the historic deflation which followed, the case of a human being who parted with 60% of her body and lived to tell the tale. During the first month she lost twelve pounds, in 20 months she got rid of 239 pounds. Only discomfort she suffered was the surgical removal of an apron of skin, two feet long and one foot wide, which hung loosely over her deflated abdomen. When she weighed in at 156 pounds, said Dr. Short, "she was in excellent health and spirits...
That mustard severely irritates the stomach, that alcohol taken in small quantities does not inflame the stomach at all. Drs. Douthwaite and Lintott had noticed that many patients suffered heartburn after taking aspirin. They collected 16 patients who were willing to endure the discomfort of a gastroscope, gave them three tablets of aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) crushed in one ounce of water. Through the gastroscope the doctors saw most of the 16 glistening pink stomachs turn at once to a "dusky...
...Seniors discovered yesterday afternoon where the University repository for bones and old worn out mummies was located while they were prowling around in the attic of the Peabody Museum, and the unexpected disclosure caused them no end of discomfort...
...name will be listed in U. S. journalism's evanescent hall of fame-alongside those of Archibald T. Steele of the Chicago Daily News, Authors Anna Louise Strong. Agnes Smedley, and Captain Evans F. Carlson, retired U. S. Marine observer-as one who went through danger and discomfort to find the big story of Chinese operations deep in the interior behind Japanese front lines...
...soon grew firm and strong, advanced the lower jaw four-fifths of an inch (see cut). The new position of the jaw naturally changed the bite of the patient, but it did not take him long to get used to it. "There was very little post-operative reaction or discomfort," said the Survey. "The patient masticated food at the end of the fourth day and was discharged six days later...