Word: wound
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...ration them in order that all may share and share alike." [Applause.] Mr. Chamberlain called the present stage of hostilities the "quiet of the calm before the storm," warned that Britain "shall have to face a phase of this war much grimmer than anything we have seen yet." He wound up: "In his recent message to the Pope, the President of the United States declared that only by friendly association by the seekers of light and seekers of peace everywhere could the forces of evil be overcome. I profoundly agree. But I would add that if the forces of right...
...carefully snipped away all bits of bruised and dying flesh, for dead tissues, deprived of circulation, are a fertile breeding ground for germs. He used no antiseptics, for most of them, he believes, kill not only germs but the delicate growing cells, do more harm than good. After the wound is trimmed, cleaned and firmly packed with dry, sterile gauze, and while the patient is still anesthetized, Dr. Trueta applies a plaster of Paris cast directly over the wound, without a cotton-wool or stockinet lining...
Plaster has one great disadvantage: "it prevents examination of the wound at any given moment. Fortunately this examination is seldom necessary. When there is doubt about the vitality of the tissues that remain after injury ... it is essential to wait two or three days before putting on plaster." In that case, the wound should be left open to view, the limb strung up on special wires for immobilization. If the limb is "dying," it must be amputated. If the circulation speeds up within a few days, a cast...
...terrible stench. Although it is best to keep the original plaster in place until the limb heals (usually from six to eight weeks), the cast sometimes has to be changed, when the smell becomes unbearable. Dr. Trueta discovered that a salve of brewers' yeast, applied directly to the wound, reduced the odor, did not interfere with healing. Since yeast was scarce in warring Spain, most of his cases stank to high heaven...
...Ogden family liked farming, or had any aptitude for it; in nearly 20 years of grim hard work they wound up with no more than they started with. It was "a round of servitude to beasts." It stripped parents not naturally unkind of every trace of tenderness. Every human effort to escape into a better world was suspect and contemptible. So far as George was concerned, life was virtually nothing but work, harder, always, than his body was yet capable of. He suffered also under a strong, sadistic elder brother, Harvey. Among other misfortunes he: fell into a well...