He became delirious, his heartbeat grew ragged, his blood teemed with the virus, and his lungs, liver and kidneys began to fail.
The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, Dec 8-14, 2014|William Boot|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then stab her to death and bring me back her lungs and liver as proof of your deed.
In New Brothers Grimm 'Snow White', The Prince Doesn't Save Her|The Brothers Grimm|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He took out the lungs and liver and brought them to the queen as proof that the child was dead.
In New Brothers Grimm 'Snow White', The Prince Doesn't Save Her|The Brothers Grimm|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Mixner almost died in February, after his lower intestine got twisted, leaving him with gangrene in his heart and lungs.
Gay Activist David Mixner: I Mercy Killed 8 People|Tim Teeman|October 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Bad News for Your Lungs E-cigs may not contain real smoke, but they can still do a number on your lungs.
E-Cigarettes: The Side Effects Nobody Talks About|DailyBurn|September 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The air taken into the lungs seemed powerless to expand them.
The Grey Lady|Henry Seton Merriman
When the lungs are attacked, all kinds of mistaken cruelties have been perpetrated.
The Dog|Dinks, Mayhew, and Hutchinson
The disease had assumed the form of congestion of the lungs, and the Lieutenant seemed rapidly sinking.
Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals|William H. Armstrong
The heart's action is often disturbed in its rhythm, and sympathetic dyspnoea leads to suspicion of disease of the lungs.
A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II|Various
There was pure air round them, and they drew deep breaths of it into throats and lungs parched by the fumes of sulphurous smoke.
The Northern Iron|George A. Birmingham
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A pair of organs, the principal parts of the respiratory system, at the front of the cavity of the chest, or thorax. In the lungs, oxygen from the air that is inhaled is transferred into the blood, while carbon dioxide is removed from the blood and exhaled.