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Thirteen hours had elapsed from the infliction of the wound, through which the bulk of the intestines had been protruding for the past six hours.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

The nose was gone and the mouth defaced, but enough was left to show that the latter had been protruding.

From The Naturalist in Nicaragua by Belt, Thomas