You know how much so-called convalescents need care in recovering from fever, but these seven have had the fever very slightly indeed, thank God; the type of the disease is much less severe than it was at first. ❋ Yonge, Charlotte M (1873)
And for those that grimly struggle through, there is nothing wherewith to nourish and strengthen; no real milk; no eggs; wine; no delicacies such as convalescents should be tempted with. ❋ Unknown (N/A)
He'd have padded cells, straitjackets, night and day nurses, and violent wards, I suppose -- and a convalescents 'home in a Queen Anne cottage on the poop. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Some of them, the invalids and life-long convalescents, live on the deluxe wing. ❋ Ann Bogle (2011)
A score of convalescents lingered in the hospital, but they were improving hourly. ❋ Unknown (2010)
These were mostly convalescents and disheartened stragglers belonging to General Beauregard's army, and from them we learned that Corinth was being evacuated. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Ruthlessly, Desdra employed everyone at the Hall at this task, even three of the strongest convalescents, constantly moving among us to oversee the task. ❋ Christian Bell (2010)
Then I realized that those huddled in blankets or hides about each fire had the gray complexions and lackluster expressions of convalescents. ❋ Christian Bell (2010)
Oklina and I got the fosterlings and several of the stronger male convalescents to help trundle the apprentice jars up to an unused beasthold so that some progress could be made in setting the Main Hall back to the purpose for which it was intended. ❋ Christian Bell (2010)
Chez took the kinetoscope and gave shows for invalids and convalescents, with five hundred showing up for the first presentation. ❋ Unknown (2008)
I have read in countless old cookery volumes and literature from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries that milk, butter, cream and eggs should be administered to convalescents. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Do your convalescents and rest-seekers, who take refuge in your shadow, know the anguish from which you grew? ❋ Unknown (2009)
Tonight, we're having Indian food and I would imagine watching movies while the convalescents continue to convalesce. ❋ Yuki_onna (2009)
Dilly dally dolly: A fun book dedicated to senior citizens and convalescents by Dolly Morrow ❋ Unknown (2008)
“And then, when there is a ray of sun, the garden is very small for the convalescents.” ❋ Unknown (2008)
Hence the characteristic abstraction of convalescents. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Scappi reports the catering arrangements for the conclave as an appendix to Book Six, the bulk of which contains recipes for convalescents, who attracted a great deal of attention from cookery writers before the era of consumerism and scientific medicine. ❋ John Dickie (2008)
Kefir also has more beneficial cultures than other fermented milk products, such as yogurt or buttermilk and is an ideal milk substitute for infants, pregnant women, nursing mothers, convalescents and elderly. ❋ Steve Carper (2006)
