I read this today, and thought I'd share.
“The only sound is a choking in his throat as he continues to vomit while unconscious. Then comes a sound like a bedsheet being torn in half, which is the sound of his bowels opening at the sphincter and venting blood. The blood is mixed with his intestinal lining. He has sloughed off his gut. The lining of his intestines have come off and are being expelled along with huge amounts of blood."
-Excerpt from Richard Preston's “The Hot Zoneâ€
Edited, Aug 31st 2006 at 9:14pm EDT by MyOtherSock