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It used to be common practice to foam the runway prior to an emergency landing, in case a fuel-fed fire occurred.

it hath been usual with the honest and well-meaning host to provide a bill of fare which all persons may peruse at their first entrance into the house; and having thence acquainted themselves with the entertainment which they may expect, may either stay and regale with what is provided for them, or may depart to some other ordinary better accommodated to their taste.

Fistulogram and CT scan showed a fistuleous tract involving the appendix.