Word: spleenful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...over a field goal. Once Booth nearly got away but Bill Ticknor pulled him down by the back of his sweater. Harvard 10, Yale 6. Unhappy sequel: Victor Harding Jr., of Hubbard Woods, Ill., Harvard end, complained of fierce stomach pains after a scrimmage in the third quarter. His spleen was ruptured, had to be removed...
...spleen is a ductless lymphatic-like gland touching the top of the left kidney. It manufactures white blood cells and, when necessary, red blood cells. Its removal does not cause serious consequences...
Victor Matthews Harding '31 of Hubbard Woods, Illinois, Harvard end, was reported last night by Dr. T. K. Richards '15 as resting comfortably at the Stillman Infirmary after an operation for a ruptured spleen. Dr. Richards reported Harding's condition as satisfactory though he said it would be several days before the boy was "out of the woods." At a late hour last night he was reported as resting comfortably with pulse normal and temperature only slightly high...
...theatre to deliver the theatre tickets for Harding's sister. Dr. Browder, who was with the player, became convinced shortly before 9 o'clock that Harding's condition was critical Richards was summoned and it was discovered that Harding was bleeding inwardly and that he probably had a ruptured spleen...
...Richards operated. It is reported that had the operation been postponed an hour it would have been impossible to save Harding. His mother and sister were called in time to see him before the operation, and the blood transfusion was made immediately afterward. It was found that the spleen...