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Example sentences for "infirmary"

Lexicographically close words:
infinity; infirm; infirmarer; infirmarian; infirmaries; infirmitie; infirmities; infirmity; infix; infixed
  1. It was towards the end of his career, when the old Edinburgh Infirmary stood condemned, and various proposals for rebuilding it on a new site and improved plan were under discussion, that his voice was most loudly heard.

  2. He was a warm advocate of hospital reform, and was successful in introducing several needed improvements into the Royal Infirmary after a fierce fight.

  3. Their Majesties, who were the guests of the Earl of Derby at Knowsley, decided to give up the Aintree race meeting and return to London on March 26; but on March 26 they opened a new infirmary at Chester, visited Messrs.

  4. A detail of infirmary people came from the rear to carry off the wounded.

  5. Peagler was one of Company H, and a valuable member of the infirmary corps, but he could not write.

  6. One of them rode up to Peagler of Company H, an unarmed infirmary man; he brandished his sword and ordered Peagler to surrender.

  7. You were brought here unconscious, or almost so, by my infirmary men.

  8. The ambulances and infirmary men were busy.

  9. It was founded to be an infirmary for the sick and infirm poor, a lying-in hospital for women--there were sisters on the hospital staff, and if the women happened to die in hospital their children were taken care of till seven years of age.

  10. It did not occur to me at the time, but after I got away from seeing Bettesworth on Friday a resemblance struck me between his look of almost abject helplessness and that of poor old Hall, whom I saw at the infirmary and who is since dead.

  11. Bettesworth left the infirmary on Saturday morning, March the 4th.

  12. To finish, then: the workhouse infirmary was decided upon, as the only place where Bettesworth could get the nursing without which he would probably die.

  13. To those in the infirmary "You may take anything you mind to, except spirits or beer.

  14. Bettesworth, the infirmary was "the best place for him!

  15. At the infirmary yesterday I found Bettesworth still in bed, in a large ward on the ground floor.

  16. For there are not many refuges open to Bettesworth now, nor can the infirmary any more be looked to as one of them.

  17. A compliment was offered him, on his haste to get away from the infirmary in the spring.

  18. The friend, whom I will rename "Tom Loveland," had been taken to the infirmary in October, suffering with the temporary increase of some obscure chronic disorder which to this day cripples him.

  19. He'd bin up there at the infirmary eighteen months or more, till old Steve see 'n one day and took to 'n.

  20. When I left, it was with a promise to go and see him in the infirmary on the next visiting day.

  21. There are eighteen cottages, a large, generous school-room, a small infirmary for the sick, and a little church.

  22. An early report of the infirmary says: "The deaconesses look to no organization of persons to furnish the pecuniary aid required by the demands of their position.

  23. Passavant's efforts are the infirmary at Pittsburg; the hospital and deaconess home in Milwaukee; the hospital in Jacksonville, Ill.

  24. Infirmary Street and feel that all its attractions are over?

  25. The maltreated periodical found shelter in the shop of Huie, Infirmary Street; and NO.

  26. I have come from the Infirmary just now, walking all the way.

  27. These sad thoughts, which gave a somewhat worn and wearied look to her face, were arrested by their arrival at the Infirmary gates.

  28. Like the officers previously named, the appointment of the infirmary cook was for life; but though he could not be moved at the whim of a superior, he was not formally appointed in Chapter, but by a letter from the infirmarian.

  29. The main hall, or large room, of the infirmary often included a chapel at the easternmost point, where the sick could say their Hours and other Offices when able to do so, and where the infirmarian could say Mass for those under his charge.

  30. From the refectory he had to go to the infirmary to visit the sick, and to see for himself that their needs had been properly supplied.

  31. ALBAN'S] The brethren who were unwell were not all received in the infirmary for treatment.

  32. The mediaeval rules of the infirmary will probably strike us, with our modern notions, as being strangely strict upon the sick.

  33. When the infirmary cook or servant came to die, for his faithful service he was borne to the grave, like all the other servants of the monastery, by the whole convent.

  34. Beneath the infirmary she constructed a watercourse, through which a stream flowed with sufficient force to carry off all refuse that might corrupt the air.

  35. He was charged to keep the rooms in the infirmary clean, the floors sparsely covered with fresh rushes, and to have a fire always burning in the common-room when it was needed.

  36. She also, with maternal piety and careful forethought, built, for the use of both sick and sound, a new and large infirmary away from the main buildings, and in conjunction with it a dormitory with the necessary offices.

  37. Though he had still to rise for Matins with the others, after a brief visit to the church he was allowed to betake himself to the infirmary and there to say a much shortened form of the night Office with the infirmarian and others.

  38. In the infirmary at Houston was a boy whose name is Rutter.

  39. The report from St. Mary's Infirmary showed that only eight persons escaped from that hospital.

  40. He is also to give four pittances or suppers to the convent during infirmary time, and six pints of wine according to the custom.

  41. The prior of the cloister, cantor, and cellarer may be in the infirmary the whole month.

  42. The cantor or his delegate is to read in the refectory during meal times and during infirmary time, and he who reads in the refectory is to have a quart [?

  43. Item, in infirmary time he is to provide two pittances, one of fowls and the other of salt meat and white chestnuts, and he is to give two pints of wine.

  44. Item, during infirmary time he must provide four meat suppers and two pints {48} (?

  45. Some were set to scrubbing and cleaning, others to picking oakum, and eight of us were convoyed across the street to the Whitechapel Infirmary where we were set at scavenger work.

  46. Except for the serial killer, the north infirmary at Rikers Island was a considerable improvement on the Tombs.

  47. During the day he was free to roam inside the infirmary area with other prisoners.

  48. Gillespie, Medical Registrar, from the records of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.

  49. The Infirmary records point to the occurrence of similar phenomena, recorded on previous occasions.

  50. In the Mississippi section invaded by the northern army, General Thomas opened what he called Infirmary Farms which he leased to Negroes on certain terms which they usually met successfully.

  51. After taking over civilian hospital by American Red Cross, I then established a twenty bed military hospital and an infirmary at Solombola.

  52. These patients were rationed by Headquarters Company and reported for sick call at the infirmary located in the same building.

  53. A few days later an infirmary was opened for the machine gunners and Company "C" of the engineers at Solombola.

  54. This infirmary survived until the Reformation period, but not without undergoing alterations.

  55. Another highly important building, usually standing eastward of the church, was the infirmary or hospital for sick brethren, with its chapel duly attached.

  56. Turning back towards the infirmary entrance we come to #the Lavatory Tower#, which stands out from the west end of the substructure of the Prior's Chapel.

  57. Years after, when he was earning good wages at sea, and was about to be married, he fell from the topmast of his vessel, and was conveyed to the Gravesend Infirmary with a fractured skull.

  58. He will be as near to you in the infirmary as here, and as near to you in death as in life.

  59. The two female warders of the Infirmary cells were there too, sobbing.

  60. The cells of the Infirmary were in a short corridor that opened into the prison-yard.

  61. As I just said, she shall be allotted a cell in the Infirmary and have a patient's diet.

  62. We have not got any special 'black hole' in which condemned criminals spend the day before their execution, and one of these cells in the Infirmary is always used for the purpose.

  63. And here it says further: 'Convalescent since the middle of December, but must remain in the infirmary till her complete recovery on account of grave general debility.

  64. Turning to Berger he continued: "She must be taken to the Infirmary this afternoon, it is a necessity.

  65. This unit was already in process of organization by a group of women physicians of the New York Infirmary for Women and Children and was to be composed entirely of women.

  66. Sister Annora, thou art appointed to the Infirmary to-night.

  67. I sent Sister Roberga to the Infirmary this morning.

  68. In the Infirmary I found Sister Philippa on duty.

  69. And, being unsure of herself, she ordered Albert into the infirmary for observation.

  70. And since it would be far easier to escape from the infirmary than it would be from detention, he would try as soon as possible.

  71. By rights, he should have been a pulpy smear against the pavement beneath the infirmary window.

  72. A representative of the Infirmary meets all trains, day and night, to help all patients who may need assistance and see that they are properly cared for.

  73. Still Infirmary may rely upon the fact that they will in no case be subjected to unnecessary surgical operations, as the knife is never used unless absolutely necessary.

  74. The infirmary has had bad cases of appendicitis probably running up into hundreds without failing to relieve and cure a single case.

  75. Still Infirmary Cures by the Science of Osteopathy all Diseases Which are Known as Curable.

  76. The Infirmary maintains a complete bathing department in charge of competent attendants.

  77. The students in the school are not permitted to even assist in treating the Infirmary patients.

  78. The fees for treatment at the Infirmary are $25 per month.

  79. Where patients are unable to come to the Infirmary for treatment, an extra charge of $1 to $2 per visit is added.


  80. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "infirmary" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    asylum; clinic; home; hospital; infirmary; sanatorium; sickroom; ward