Word: leeched
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...current exhibition in the Widener Memorial Room of Widener Library includes an interesting collection of books and pamphlets illustrated in color by Rowlandson, Leech, Heath, Cruikshank, and others...
...wine cups. The one was dressed in silks and at his side a slim sword swung. The other's garb was black, but his eyes gleamed in candlelight. Sword-swinger was England's Charles I; the eyes gleamed in the head of Dr. William Harvey, no ordinary leech. Last week 100 chosen doctors from the world over gathered in London to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the royal leech's book* which first told the world that blood completes a circle through the body. The 100 doctors wore full dress and all their decorations; they were received...
Charles liked his leech. The man had a visible vitality which often translated itself into swift rages and quick passes with the dagger at his side. It is not recorded that Dr. Harvey's blade penetrated anything more eventful than frogs, birds and an occasional cadaver. But these things it penetrated so shrewdly that the doctor had an idea. It was not, solely, his idea, but rather an astounding improvement on the theories of his teacher, Dr. Hieronymus Fabricius of Aquapendente. This doctor lectured at the school of physic at Padua, Italy, and the inquisitively inclined can still visit...
...Braiman, c.f., 3 0 1 4 0 1 Gray, c.f., 1 0 0 1 0 1 Rose, r.f., 4 1 2 1 0 0 Crimmins, 3b., 4 0 1 2 2 1 Means, p., 1 1 1 0 1 0 Cole, p., 1 0 0 0 0 1 Leech, p., 0 0 0 0 0 1 *Morrill 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals, 35 3 9 24 11 7 *Batted for Cole in seventh inning...
Means Barbee Hits off Means, 3 in 3 innings; off Cole, 7 in 3 innings off Leech: 4 in 2 innings. Double play...