Content tagged nurse

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Why and how physicians participate in executions. Atul Gawande describes some botched executions, interviews four physicians and a nurse who have participated, … gulfstream/2035

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Bart: [walking into nurse's room] Lunch Lady Doris? Why are you here? Doris: Budget cuts. They've even got Groundskeeper Willy teaching French. Willy: … quotes/388

In Paris in 1780, of 21,000 registered births, only 5 per cent were nursed by their mothers. Most of the rest were sent to the countryside to be wet-nursed … quotes/169

In 1833 Noah Webster actually undertook to bowdlerize the Bible. His version substituted _breast_ for _teat_, _in embryo_ for _in the belly_, _peculiar … quotes/62

In the Duke's chamber there is a bird, given him by Mr. Pierce the surgeon, comes from the East Indys---black the greatest part, with the finest coller … pepys/114