Two floors down, in the assembly area for digital mammographs and vascular x-ray systems, it's a mini-UN, with staff from 38 nations working on equipment and components brought from China and India, as well as France, Germany, Hungary, Spain and the US.

Your first giddy reaction would be to wonder whether the patient, if he survived at all, would still be human being, [sic] or rather a baboon, or perhaps an entirely new hybrid species, no doubt to be called a huboon.

Under low-power magnification, it can be seen that the denticles of different species are varied in size and shape, but they are usually comprised of one or more pointed elements, with various ridges, cusps, and furrows.

Crampton. […] What's your name? I mean your pet name. They can't very well call you Sophronia. Gloria. Sophronia! My name is Gloria. I am always called by it. Crampton. Your name is Sophronia, girl: you were called after your aunt Sophronia, my sister: she gave you your first Bible with your name written in it. Gloria: Then my mother gave me a new name.