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809* · St. Elizabeth's Trauma Wing

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vacuole
used here generically to mean a hole

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Eldred
This was the last name of the first Eagle Scout, Arthur Rose Eldred (1895-1951).

Dewar's
a brand name of whiskey

President's Physical Fitness Test
You can read about this program here.

Chock Full O'Nuts
a brand name of coffee

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P.E.
Physical Education, i.e., gym class

dugout
where the teams during a baseball game sit while not actually playing

Franklin W. Dixon
the pseudonym of the author of the Hardy Boys mysteries

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bear market
a downward moving stock market

Advent
the month-long period before Christmas

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aide-de-camp
assistant to a general or other high-ranking officer

Belfast
the capital of Northern Ireland

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cubed
multiplied by itself twice; taken to the third power

Endnote 337

V.i.9
The line is "It must be 'se offendendo;' it cannot be else." The reference is to Ophelia, who killed herself. Notably, Act V, scene i of Hamlet is where Yorick is mentioned.

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Gately's Humorous ball and Scalpula socket
referring to the humerus (largest bone of the arm, between the shoulder and elbow) and the ball and socket joint of the shoulder, the blade of which is called the scapula

IM
intramusclar

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toxemia
a bacterial infection of the blood

Weld
William Floyd Weld (born 1945) was governor of Massachusetts from 1991 to 1997.

Alsace
a region of France bordering the Rhine border with Germany

Endnote 338

There is a potention for confusion in order here, because doxycycline hyclate can be given in preparations other than intravenous, which Gately is getting.

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Dr. Dentons
a brand name of childs' pajamas

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catheterized
Gately has had a catheter Foley catheter inserted.

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Endnote 341

acetaminophen
the generic name for Tylenol

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codeine
An opiate used as a painkiler, it is a Schedule III narcotic and habit-forming.

shiners
black eyes

Oreida
Or "Ore-Ida", maker of potato products and originator of Tater Tots -- Thrust probably means "iota", a double-entendre for small pieces, with Tater Tot

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turnipcut
i.e., tourniquet

medecins
French: doctors (physicians)

solenoid
a current-carrying coil of wire

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fishtailing
having the back end of one's car spinning

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GQ
Gentlemen's Quarterly

embryoglio
i.e., imbroglio

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prosfeces
i.e., prostheses

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Cuerva
Thrust means "Cuervo," a brand of tequila.

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Nightmare on Elm Street XXII: The Senescence
a joke concerning the horror films of Wes Craven; senescence is the process of growing old

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señorio
i.e., scenario

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