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Eve Drewelowe's journals, volumes II-III, 1950s

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arranged on it, left shoulder in exact position, my back twisted alongside a support, on left hip with knees flexed to relax abdominal tension. Now that the table was set I was blindfolded; the instruments were shoved down my throat to the waistline; the gun roared and we were off. I felt as though I had swallowed an extensive cast-iron pipe length, my upper body was that inflexible and immovable. No wonder for there must be a direct line of vision from the mouth opening to the entrails. Of course the light in the room was blotted out so the stomach beam would shine all the more brightly by contrast.
Dr. Moersch encouraged "Steady now." "You are doing fine." We are getting a fine view "That's a good girl." The nurse with mouth on my right ear kept whispering sweet nothings, "Now breathe through your mouth Mrs. Van Ek." "don't breathe so hard" "Take it easy" "Breath  Mrs Van Ek." "That's fine." "You are doing fine." "Breathe, Mrs. Van Ek" we will soon be "through"
Meanwhile the doctors in turn peered into the stomach; they commented; the instruments were turned. "Now what is this that we have here." Dr. Moersch pointed out, "See on the lesser curvature. The blood vessels are near the surface. There is some erosion. The mucous membrane is there." Again

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arranged on it, left shoulder in exact position, my back twisted alongside a support, on left hip with knees flexed to relax abdominal tension. Now that the table was set I was blindfolded; the instruments were shoved down my throat to the waistline; the gun roared and we were off. I felt as though I had swallowed an extensive cast-iron pipe length, my upper body was that inflexible and immovable. No wonder for there must be a direct line of vision from the mouth opening to the entrails. Of course the light in the room was blotted out so the stomach beam would shine all the more brightly by contrast. Dr. Moersch encouraged "Steady now." "You are doing fine." We are getting a fine view "That's a good girl." The nurse with mouth on my right ear kept whispering sweet nothings, "Now breathe through your mouth Mrs. Van Ek." "don't breathe so hard" "Take it easy" "Breath Mrs Van Ek." "That's fine." "You are doing fine." "Breathe, Mrs. Van Ek" we will soon be "through" Meanwhile the doctors in turn peered into the stomach; they commented; the instruments were turned. "Now what is this that we have here." Dr. Moersch pointed out, "See on the lesser curvature. The blood vessels are near the surface. There is some erosion. The mucous membrane is there." Again