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"Tumours," Verity sat back in her chair and ran a finger down the bridge of her nose.
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Glittering Tumours by Duncan ShieldsAugust 24th, 2007
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Tumours can also destroy very large amounts of brain tissue before any symptoms are manifested.
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Tumours form on my skin and blink open to reveal new biological armaments.
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~ Scientists Discover Gene That Suppresses Tumours In A Number Of Cancers -- A new Canadian study has discovered a gene that stops cancer tumours in a range of cancers, including breast, lung and liver.
Speedlinking 8/15/07 William Harryman 2007
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On tumours he published two important monographs, one entitled the Biochemistry of Tumours, written in collaboration with
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Tumours of a simple nature, and sprains, may be usefully rubbed with Linseed oil; and another principal service to which the oil is put is for mixing the paints of artists.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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The juice of Matthias his parts, is converted into a sweetness easily putrifying; whence, under the Skin of Arms and leg, arise watery Tumours, almost such as are conspicuous in Dropsical
The Golden Calf, Which the World Adores, and Desires John Frederick Helvetius
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Tumours appear on the jaws; the eyebrows swell; the ears become thick; the points of the fingers, as also the feet and the toes, swell; the nails become scaly; the joints of the hands and feet separate, and drop off.
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Tumours situated in the region of _the internal capsule_, and _in the deeper parts of the brain_, are not attended with Jacksonian spasms, paralysis develops more rapidly than in cortical and sub-cortical tumours, and there is complete loss of sensation on the opposite side of the body.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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