Word: stomachful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...incidental effects of pregnancy is that it provides almost certain relief from common ulcers of the stomach and duodenum. In a study of 70,000 pregnant women, Detroit's Dr. David J. Sandweiss found only one case of active ulcers during gestation. Said one of his patients: "My husband tells me I ought to stay in the family way the whole time, and then my ulcer wouldn't bother...
...Stomach Specialist Sandweiss, working with Surgeon Harry C. Saltzstein, decided to call the unknown factor "anthelone" (from the Greek words for anti-ulcer). They could not isolate it, but they got encouraging results from experimental injections of a urine extract in both animal and human ulcer victims...
...crowbar. The name of this apparition is Lucius Benjamin ("Luke") Appling. Droopy Luke spits a casual stream of tobacco juice, chats in a friendly Southern drawl with the umpire and opposing catcher, and usually complains that he is feeling just terrible. His symptoms may range from an upset stomach to "double vision." Once after a ferryboat ride, he dolefully announced he was seasick...
...pellets would "merit respect" on a "nutritional and utilitarian" basis. The honey gives carbohydrates, and, with the sesame oil, takes care of caloric values. Protein from the sesame supplies the nitrogen need of the body, the squill serves as a mild heart stimulant, and the opium deadens the stomach's hunger pains...
...sorts in the old, familiar sound of the church bells. He came to believe that each of his ordeals was merely a penance on his own road to Damascus. He went home, and became the Grand Old Man of Swedish letters. While he was dying of cancer of the stomach, he wanted to have his children near him. One evening, while his daughter Karin was at his bedside, he picked up the Bible and murmured: "Everything is atoned for." Soon afterwards, he died...