Much of that time he devoted to rubbing his skin with alcohol and covering every available surface with white tissues.

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He underwent three operations, including a 12-hour procedure transplanting a muscle from his back onto his leg and covering with skin grafts from his thigh.

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In this novel, short-listed for the Man Booker prize, the author insinuates himself under the skin of Henry James, covering not only the known episodes in the literary lion's life, but also imagining the darker corners.

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Two final-stage trials, each covering a thousand patients with staph skin infections, aim to clinch a more definitive difference, with results due this summer.

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He advised people with red hair and fair skin to take particular care to avoid sunburn and to protect their skin by avoiding the sun in the middle of the day, seeking shade and covering up with a T-shirt and sunglasses and using sunscreen of at least factor 15.

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Whenever the lower hem wasn't covering up legs, tight black leggings made of bandage strips and knee-high boots covered up any skin.

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