Word: plexus
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...stood upon his soles the Frenchman with another vicious right, forced him to lie down again for eight seconds. Back came Townley for more, tried to clinch in order to avoid defeat, and then- with the steely precision of a piston rod Georges' right crashed to the solar plexus anglicus and Townley was counted out. "Foul!" shrieked 15,000 Viennese. But the Vienna Boxing Association said...
Practically all efforts to attack paresis hitherto have been frustrated because antisyphilitic drugs, usually mercury or arsenic compounds, cannot pass through the choroid plexus, a sort of fine filter at the base of the brain. The germs which reach the higher centers are free to develop and soon do permanent damage to the brain tissue...
...injury to Captain Fish has been the subject of much comment since the Dartmouth game. Although examination has showed that no bones were broken and that injury to the lungs did not occur, the shock to the nervous system from the hard blow in the solar plexus was very great. No official statement has been given out as to whether Fish will be able to get into the game tomorrow; if he does the chances are that he will not be able to play through, and that the effectiveness of his playing will be lessened by the injury...