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...civilian-defense organizations had prepared for disaster in the form of enemy air raids. Now they met the flood emergency quickly and efficiently. The death toll was small: at week's end only twelve fatalities had been reported by the American Red Cross. But if deaths were few, discomfort was everywhere, and destruction so widespread that the Berlin radio reported the news in high glee...
...lieutenant on the Corvette Flower. This is his third winter of service in the North Atlantic convoys. Corvettes are the smallest British vessels in active service. They "would roll on wet grass," and some of Lieut. Monsarrat's most vivid writing describes merely the mixture of discomfort and deep pride which the corvettes engender in the heroic, fatalistic corvetteers who man them...
...Imagine Tojo's discomfort if he knew that his warriors were calling each other Hachi Maru, which is Japanese for 8-ball. . . . Nor would Tojo appreciate the sentiments displayed by another prisoner when someone mentioned Germany in his presence. With thumb and forefinger of his left hand he gripped his nose firmly, while the right hand shot forward in a Hitlerian salute...
...only time, since entering the Army, that I have had to endure discomfort in Harvard's name. Pvt. Ralph T. Siegler '43, U.S.A.S.C...
...sedative injection (morphine and scopolamine) an hour before operation to eradicate fear. To prevent injured tissues from communicating with the brain, nerves leading from the operative field were blocked off by novocain anesthesia. As the operation progressed, more novocain at the site of operation preceded every move. To lessen discomfort after operation, Dr. Crile gave injections of quinine and urea hydrochloride. His interest in shock led him to experiment with adrenalin (a hormone which produces the symptoms of shock) and blood transfusions for relief of shock...