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...Anti-Imperialist Hospital went smoothly, but 36 hours later he was "in considerable discomfort if not pain" from gas pressure distending his stomach and intestines. With the patient's approval, the hospital's acupuncture specialist inserted three needles in Reston's right elbow and below the knee. He twisted them "to stimulate the intestine." Reported Reston: "That sent ripples of pain racing through my limbs and at least had the effect of diverting my attention from the distress in my stomach." Next, the doctor resorted to another traditional Chinese treatment called moxibustion: he lit two pieces...
...Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Brown...
...poet in her own right and who has translated The Cantos into Italian. Though she makes no more sense than anyone else of that vast and buzzing head, she found in the little happenings of family life a language that helps explain his crusty heart. Looking up from knee height, she saw an Ezra Pound nobody else has seen: a busy, bossy, funny, touchy, loving and at times absurdly conventional American daddy...
...second of the seven Eisenhower brothers, "Big Ike," as Edgar was known, liked to recall how he and "Little Ike" would fight "for the sheer joy of slugging one another" during their boyhood days in Abilene, Kans. But when 14-year-old Dwight got blood poisoning after skinning his knee, Edgar physically barred the doctor from amputating...
...Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Brown...