Word: throat
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...criticism of President Coolidge. The criticism from any standpoint is unfair, unjust and partisan. The writer excels in a few outdoor and manly arts, but would no more undertake to ride a "bucking bronco" than he would to choke a bear by poking his fist down his throat. The writer would, however, undertake to try conclusions with any ordinary amateur boxer or wrestler, would gamble on his ability as a fisherman, and if actually necessary take a hand in a free-for-all fight. He would not, however, be a contender in a tennis match, golf game or cross country...
...greedy chunk of banana in her windpipe; her father Hyman, frantic, ran with her to a drug store, was intercepted by Patrolman Francis Ryan. Patrolman Ryan, calm, dislodged the banana lump; the baby seemed dead. Patrolman Ryan, resourceful, put a handkerchief over her mouth and breathed down her throat for 20 minutes. She revived...
...terms served The Senator, one with Governor Ed Jackson of Indiana, one with David C. Stephenson, onetime Klan Dragon, one with Bert Schultze, Indiana apple-grower. It was during his service with Mr. Schultze that The Senator, greedily seizing a corncob, got that same corncob stuck fast in his throat. The Senator gasped, choked, struggled, died...
TIME, which long ago scored a great hit with our staff for its unequaled and vivid presentation of news events, has recently increased our appreciation of its alert editorial management by publishing the story of the dog with a bone in its throat which was successfully treated in our free small animal clinic, by our veterinarian, Dr. G. R. Hartman. Getting out the bone in itself was not an exceptional feat, though such operations on animals are rare and difficult, and it is high time that the public should know that veterinary practice of the best kind nowadays frequently reaches...
...doubtless like to know that this case was not one in which "the operation was successful, but the patient died." The dog has just been discharged from the hospital after being here since April 21 and the important thing about the matter was the method of treating the lacerated throat after the bone was extracted. For a time the animal had to be fed through a tube. As the aesophogus healed, there was a stricture or contraction which prevented swallowing and before each meal this had to be opened with the tube, which, removed after 15 minutes, left the passage...