Word: painful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...stuck out his jaw and sounded off about almost every incident in Europe for 20 years- II Duce now spoke to 130 Fascist functionaries in a provincial capital, and limited himself to 600 words, 100 of which complained about attacks upon himself. The world lost interest; the pain in Warsaw seemed more severe than the heartaches of even the Duce...
...times a batlike psychological terror more harrowing than the physical horror of an All Quiet on the Western Front. But it lacks the butt end of the rifle, the stench and anarchy and virile thrust of war; and it snobbishly refuses to make death, fear and pain the universal levelers they are. Its public-school products writhe and suffer behind locked lips; its Cockneys are pure comic effect. But if the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing field of Eton, the World...
When skill can only serve to lengthen pain...
Wound Shock. The bane of medical officers in France during World War I. "wound shock" is a condition of "lowered vitality" which follows wounds, even trivial ones. Unchecked, it causes death. Wound shock comes from pain, loss of body heat, bleeding and toxemia. Lack of water balance, due to excessive sweating and short water rations, makes soldiers ready victims. The loss of fluid thickens their blood, produces a high concentration of poisonous urea. Best treatment for wound shock, discovered in the last year of World War I: 1) small doses of morphine for relief of pain; 2) an abundance...
Anesthesia and Antiseptics. Small amounts of morphine are used to dull pain. For deep anesthesia, gas and oxygen are considered safest. Oxygen tanks should be stored underground, where they cannot be exploded by bombs or shellfire...