Word: vomiting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...striking contrast to the actions of a company back in 1937 [S. E. Massengill] when a defective sulfanilamide made by it was permitted to cause more than 100 deaths because proper public warning was not given. I suppose anything which causes infants to vomit is dangerous but so far we've had no reports of serious results." The consensus of the publicity-wise was in agreement with Dr. Dunbar - Centaur's costly action in its nightmarish plight may turn out to be excellent advertising in the long...
...There is no special treatment for alcoholism. Some passionate or sociable drunkards can be weaned by a psychiatrist. Some become religious converts, join revival and temperance groups like Alcoholics Anonymous, a proselytizing fellowship of 6,000 ex-alcoholics. Others can be conditioned to vomit at the mere sight of liquor (TIME, April...
...drunkard can be made to vomit every time he takes a drink, he has a better than even chance of curing himself −at least for a long time −of drunkenness. This nauseous conclusion was published in the American Journal of the Medical Sciences last week, by Drs. Walter Lyle Voegtlin, Frederick Lemere, and colleagues of Seattle's Shadel Sanitarium, who carried out conditioning experiments with 827 alcoholics during the last five years...
...strings, blew bubble gum, enjoyed himself no end. Last time he had spoken out loud on the stage was 25 years ago in a Texas tank town. The long silence had not improved his manners. Said he, stealing a line from the play's catty hero: "I may vomit...
...year sputtered out, and men in Great Britain made their reckonings and asked their questions: What will happen in 1941? Will invasion vomit suddenly from those scores of angry, bruised sea-mouths from Norway to Normandy? Will the shorthand of Balkan rumor eventually spell out a third front to the war? Will a dozen ex-countries have a future? Will the secrets and mysteries of Japan (see p. 28) be resolved? Above all, will the child of the West plunge his hand into the fire...