Word: chesting
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...went into one of four large grey-green army tents, clumping the snow and muck off their boots as they entered. It was warmer inside and the stench was overpowering. Dr. Prozorovsky ripped open a corpse numbered 808, sliced chunks off the brain like cold meat, knifed through the chest and pulled out an atrophied organ. "Heart," he said, holding it out to Kathy. Then he slit a leg muscle. "Look how well preserved the meat is," he said. The skulls all revealed a small hole at the back, generally another through the forehead, showing that the Poles had been...
...doctors tell in detail how, given two patients with severe pain over the stomach, they may be able to tell which has a gastric ulcer and which has gall-bladder trouble. The patient with the ulcer is likely to be alert, dark-haired (but with an almost hairless chest), slim, long-jawed (but with delicate facial bones). He is likely to have oblong teeth, long hands, a sharp angle where ribs join the breastbone, "somewhat narrow lips, often down-curving at their angles." The patient with gall-bladder trouble is likely to be phlegmatic, blond (but pretty hairy), heavy...
...healthy and a lot of them said that they would like to stay there. . . . An amusing thing to me was watching the natives come aboard the ship bareheaded and after giving one of the natives a checkered cap they all bought one from me out of the slop chest. One of the natives was wearing a bathrobe that one of the crew sold him for an overcoat...
...month: one slice of meat; one cake of soap and a little oil; a minute quantity of fish and one egg. Only children have the right to milk. The people keep body and soul together with a little rice and vegetables. . . . "Brides can no longer include a tansu [wooden chest of drawers] and a mosquito net in their trousseau, but must be happy with two boxes of senko [incense] and a basket [bassinet...
...Frank Rushton Jr., 41, president of the Chamber of Commerce of Birmingham, Ala., had an idea. While touring Alabama's hospitals for the War Chest, he came across a wounded soldier. The soldier, soon to be discharged, wanted to work as a high-tension wire man for the Alabama Power Co. That was simple. Rushton called Alabama Power's president, Thomas Martin, his close friend, and landed...