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Word: tchornyia (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...there were not enough free patients to go round among the interns. Dr. de Savitsch was finally allowed to perform an operation. But he had no patient. For a week he prowled in search of one. One evening, in a Russian cafe, he noticed a man playing Otchi Tchornyia on the guitar. "Not only his face muscles, but his whole body writhed," said Dr. de Savitsch, "and I saw him make a frantic clutch at the seat of his pants. I could hardly wait for the music to stop. With little effort I persuaded the man to let me examine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Adventurous Doctor | 7/1/1940 | See Source »

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