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chemise (medicine) and Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. (sh)


chemise (medicine)


chemise


A square of gauze fastened to a catheter passed through its centre; used to retain a tampon packed around the catheter inserted into a wound, such as that resulting from a perineal section.

Origin: Fr. Shirt


Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. (sh)




born Nov. 11, 1922, Indianapolis, Ind., U.S.

U.S. novelist.

He attended Cornell University and the University of Chicago. Captured by the Germans during World War II, he also survived the Allied firebombing of Dresden, an experience he made part of his novel Slaughterhouse-Five (1969; Film, 1972). His pessimistic and satirical novels use fantasy and science Fiction to highlight the horrors and ironies of 20th-century civilization. They include Player Piano (1952), Cat's Cradle (1963), Breakfast of Champions (1973), Galapagos (1985), and Timequake (1997). He also wrote plays and collections of short stories.