To my partner, thank you for putting up with my grumpiness, my impecuniousness and my constant need for validation while researching this dark topic.

[T]he Major erubescent confounded the impudence of the young folks, and said when he had his hair cut he would keep a lock of it for Miss Laura.

This hearty, willing man had hulked his 354 pounds about the world, faithfully and deftly running presidential errands in Cuba, Panama, the Philippines, Rome, Russia, and Japan and China.

The description of case 2980 leaves it uncertain whether this is a case of placenta praevia, but in the notebook is mentioned: The afterbirth was in front of the child in the mouth of the womb and stuck very fast. Could not remove it completely.