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Definition of Sickrooms
1. sickroom [n] - See also: sickroom
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sickrooms
Literary usage of Sickrooms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"In 82% of hospitals or departments, smokers and nonsmokers are admitted to the
same sickrooms. In one fifth of the Danish hospitals, non-smokers risk being ..."
2. Formulas and Tables for Heating by John Henry Kinealy (1899)
"(ioi> sickrooms for children Schoolrooms for children under 10 years old 350 to
600 Schoolrooms for children over 10 years old 575 to 1.0(10 Auditoriums and ..."
3. Annual Report by Indiana State Board of Health (1893)
"Sulphur is often burned to disinfect sickrooms of disease germs, and to kill
rats, mice, and vermine, but its use with food is objectionable. ..."
4. Methods of Practical Hygiene by Karl Bernhard Lehmann (1893)
"Introduced secondarily, that is, by contact with impure hands and utensils, by
the addition of water, or by standing in sickrooms or infected stalls. ..."
5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1861)
"Such scenes have doubtless happened in sickrooms before now. When the fit was
over, a hasty step came up the stair, ..."
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