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  • But while the "Watercolour and War" section forms a fascinating segment of the show, there's only one truly early work that makes this case: "Number 9: Sabre Wound to the Abdomen, Peltier, Belgian Hospital" 1815, by Charles Bell, and it is part of a study of wounds—again the medium in the service of science.

    Magical, Layered, Transparent Tom L. Freudenheim 2011

  • For a while he was taken with a contemporary bestseller his mother had sent him called Culture of the Abdomen, by Professor F. A. Hornibrook.

    Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010

  • Abdomen: Stripped Peacock Herl (use a pencil eraser to remove the “fuzz”)

    Fly of the Month... Tim Romano 2008

  • Abdomen, arms, chest, nothing but shadowed clefts and bundled sinew.

    Veracity LAURA BYNUM 2010

  • He was particularly gifted at deciphering the source of pain in a patient's midsection, a skill that earned him the nickname "Master of the Abdomen."

    Burke 'Mickey' Syphax dies at 99; led Howard University's Department of Surgery 2010

  • Abdomen was equipped with nine pairs of veined wings.

    No Longer Sleeping in Seattle - The Panda's Thumb 2009

  • Abdomen Tumour abnormal growth or mass of tissue in the abdomen 5

    Dill and its Health Effects 2007

  • Abdomen Tumour abnormal growth or mass of tissue in the abdomen 5

    Archive 2007-09-01 2007

  • Shotguns at close range are so nasty that an article in the Annals of Surgery, “Gunshot Wounds of the Abdomen” stated they might as well be treated as cannon blasts.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Significant Developments in DC Case on Handgun and Self-Defense Bans: 2007

  • Itchy Abdomen is another new thing to me; I apply Body Shop Shea Butter by the fistful and heave loud oleaginous sighs of relief which must amuse the neighbours no end - because I can't sleep with the windows closed, because my sinuses have been killing me since September and I'm not allowed to take anything for them.

    About Being 6 months Pregnant ailbhe 2004

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