Thunderstruck

by Erik Larson

Supposedly, if improbably, her last words had been, “Blessed hope of a glorious immortality.”

in the process jettisoning all its surgeons by giving them “permanent leave of absence.”

How hospitals still operate

History is silent on why Myers did not leap from his chair and run screaming into the night.

Funny

“Wireless is all very well but I’d rather send a message by a boy on a pony.”

stole the warmth from a sunny day.

“Damn the sun!” he shouted. “How long will it torment us?”