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Word: secreta (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hospital was filthy. "The floor was stained with blood and pus and medicine, and was so rotten you had to step carefully not to break through. . . . The walls were covered with large red splashes of the saliva of betel-nut chewers. All the window ledges were covered with nasal secreta which the patients blow on their fingers and then carefully wipe off on the nearest projection. . . . That night Marion and I broke down and sobbed in each other's arms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Speaking of Operations | 8/16/1943 | See Source »

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