| 单词 | illness |
| 例句 | Families, teachers, and courts were sending thousands to institutions for eccentricities that were less attributable to acute mental illness than resistance to social, cultural, or sexual norms. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “I had a long illness last year, so I could do that part of it well too.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I think I could have done this—saved $800 to $1,000—at least if no car trouble or illness interfered with my budget. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Part of it’s the illness, part of it’s the medication. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I mentally piece together a story: The baby is sick, and the soldier mustn't get too close or he’ll catch the illness. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z She knew about the weather, omens, the living, the dead, dreams and all illnesses and made a modest living with her skills. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Aunty Ifeoma had told them mine was a serious illness, that I had nearly died. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z "May I express my sincerest apologies for the illness of your mother, our queen," I say with a bow, and kiss two fingers to place at my heart. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He had cognitive impairments that suggested some organic brain damage and behavioral problems that suggested schizophrenia and other serious mental illness. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It shaped their understanding of their illness, the support they got from their families, their relationships with their doctors. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Then she adds, more briskly, “Be sensible, Ophelia. Mother Ermentrude would not send you away, for then who would tend to our aches and illnesses?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Though Pa feels that Vincent's behavior is not “normal” religious passion, he probably doesn’t realize that Vincent’s extreme religious zeal is likely a sign of mental illness. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Along with the lack of food, illness had started creeping up on them. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z “But I would have canceled later — faked an illness or a sprained ankle.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He had paid them even when illness or injury kept them out of work and established an exposition hospital that provided free medical care. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Of the 352 men who worked on the bridge’s notorious east caisson, pressure-related illness killed twelve, left two crippled for life, and injured sixty-six others, a casualty rate of over 20 percent. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Because I know sometimes when kids are dealing with family problems, like illness or divorce, they keep it to themselves.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Marshall seemed content to sit and listen, so the game went on with daring adventures, narrow escapes, tragic illnesses and even a romance or two. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z It is not like a thunderstorm on the water or sudden illness before which you are helpless. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The farmers spoke of much illness among their families. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z By “simple,” the diagnosticians meant that Andrews suffered no delusions, no false perceptions, no hallucinations, but the primary illness of separation of thinking from feeling. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Like a man reborn, he wanted to test and taste each thing now to see how it went; like a man risen up well from a long illness, he felt deep and wayward whims. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The villagers watched in horror as, day by day, the big man shrank with illness. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They had grown up in a ruined home, witness to the moral and economic deterioration of their father and then the slow illness of their mother. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He was tormented inexorably by morbid fantasies involving them, by dire, hideous omens of illness and accident. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He felt helplessly weak, the kind of weakness that came with illness, with grief. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Besides, I had come to understand that silence was my wife’s last refuge, not a mental illness as Dr. Cuevas said it was. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The weakness left over from his illness was still with him, and he had no time for me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Drifting arsenic dusts from blueberry lands have spread over neighboring farms, contaminating streams, fatally poisoning bees and cows, and causing human illness. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The testimony the experts would provide would also be very direct in characterizing his disabilities and illness. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Meg stayed at home, lest she should infect the Kings, and kept house, feeling very anxious and a little guilty when she wrote letters in which no mention was made of Beth’s illness. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He could not consider Trina's age, mental illness, poverty, the abuse she had suffered, or the tragic circumstances surrounding the fire. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He was tired from the illness that had come over him recently and exhausted by all that had happened. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “And that if I fail now, I might get very angry. And if she stops breathing in the very near future, it is entirely possible that you will catch the same fatal illness?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z If identical twins possess a strong concordance for schizophrenia, say, while fraternal twins—born and bred in an identical environment—show little concordance, then the roots of that illness can be firmly attributed to genetics. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Before Christianity came to Southern Sudan, people there believed in witches, and they thought that illnesses came from being cursed or bewitched. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Prior to the 1960s a number of drugs, such as Atabrine and chloroquine, had been developed that effectively treated this illness. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z On the third day of his illness, Rufus’s fever left him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z My friend was also stressed-out from a long week of hospital work, and from trying to figure out what unusual risk factors might have brought on the strange illness. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z My clients were broken by mental illness, poverty, and racism. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z And prison is a terrible place for someone with mental illness or a neurological disorder that prison guards are not trained to understand. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But the doctor said it was caused by her excitement over Levi’s illness and all she needed now was to rest. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I was well aware that my illness was more sadness and exhaustion than flu. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And Olmsted himself had grown increasingly susceptible to illness. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Because of his mental illness and incompetency, George was never retried or prosecuted. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z That would start a good rumor: a lingering, invisible illness, which would get me out of such things forever. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Many suffered from one illness or another, Farmer observed, and Lafontant confirmed that there was little or no medicine for them. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I've represented mentally disabled people whose illnesses have often landed them in prison for decades. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z "I came out of illness—or rather, he brought me," Mr. Norton said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Visibly shaken, he summoned his fellow Oak Ridge guests to bear witness that he was not feigning illness by showing them his toilet, filled with bright red blood. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Someday antibiotics will revolutionize treatment of this illness, but that is still decades away. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He was very productive, even with his illness. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing prospered there in Hearth or tilth, all being blighted with illness, the spring seed frozen in the ground or the ripe grain rotten, and so it had been for many years. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Most of his lodge-mates had lost their parents to illness or accident, though one, Tarik, had been abandoned as an infant by an irresponsible couple who had no interest in raising a child. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Even bad news could unsettle the humors and cause illness. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z But my illnesses have been minor and not life-threatening. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z In Clara’s view, the best thing for one’s health was to keep one’s hands busy, so she kept her daughter’s illnesses in line by making her work. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He asked about Rahim Khan, whom he said he had met in Kabul a few times, and shook his head solemnly when I told him of Rahim Khan’s illness. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The sterile hallways of the ICU and the scent of illness caused me bouts of anxiety when we'd visit her, but no matter how bad she looked, she always seemed to make a full recovery. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Her eyes glazed with illness and her whole body was hot although she trembled sometimes with cold. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The doctors tell Theo that Vincent has been agitated off and on, has “been showing symptoms of that most dreadful illness, of madness.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z But he’s not a sixty-seven-year-old man, ravaged by time and illness. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Body aches, chills, no worse than a mild illness,” Kuwei explained. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Her illness gradually became an accepted thing in the house, something that could not be stopped or helped. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It was so much more likely that a sickly child would die from even a common illness. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Aside from the mayor, the committee was made up of twenty-six individuals, though illness and death soon reduced their numbers. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z He had business to attend to, and besides, he did not believe the illness ravaging his city was a contagious plague. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z But his illness lessened and he got stronger. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And the counselor says it would be good if the school could have a note from our family doctor about the illness, just for the files. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Some ravaging long illness, or mild arrows a-flying down one day from Artemis? The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Around the second week of Jeffrey’s treatment, I guess word got out among my parents’ friends that it was time to acknowledge Jeffrey’s illness. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, as he felt weighed down by his failure to keep the Rad Lab above the turmoil of the Oppenheimer case, illness began to get the better of him. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He was asked to leave Auburn a year later, following the death of an inmate whom he had punished for feigning illness. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She had lingered on for months in her last illness. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Secondly, that you are guilty of actions and works which infer a court with the devil, which have caused illness and death to fall upon many innocent children in this town.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The idea that illness was caused by microscopic organisms, such as bacteria and viruses, was not known at the time. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z As a result, Emma experienced the illness as much as Charles did—almost. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It already seems clear from the stories coming out of Colorado that the two young killers were severely disturbed, victims of mental illness about which we know, to date, very little. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "If not illness, my good lord, what else could it be?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I sensed the presence not of a virus but of financial illness—clinical signs of the eighties, like your skin peeling off after a bad fever. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z From what Dalgard knew about Ebola virus, either of these illnesses could be signs of infection. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I would have concluded Herr Bremann was suffering from some serious illness, but for certain remarks his lordship made at that time assuring me this was not so. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z She hadn’t expected her son’s illness to take this turn, and she feels helpless and angry, like the times Jorge had bullied Javier as a child. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you know someone here who cures people’s illnesses?” the boy asked. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She considered what she could have done to arrest the illness. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The kingdom of Orléans will learn of the queen's illness and will have an heir announced this week, either Sophia or an awakened Charlotte. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He was a jack-of-all-trades, breaking the sturdy little cow ponies, treating their injuries and illnesses, trimming their hooves, and bending over an anvil to forge their shoes. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In another area, however, I had a bit more insight, and that was mental illness. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “There was damage when she had her last illness,” her father adds. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z He was physically a typical Gethenian of the Great Continent, compactly made, short-legged and short-armed, with a solid layer of subcutaneous fat giving him even in illness a sleek roundness of body. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Because they are not raising identical chickens or cows in giant, crowded sheds, a single illness doesn’t represent a threat to them. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Mother would beat back illness with a broom. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately Grub didn’t have the opportunity to open his visor before the illness struck. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Most knew in their hearts that they would never completely forget the terrible weeks when illness had taken hold of their city and killed friends and family members. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z She had been a great concert pianist, the doctor said, until illness forced her to retire. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z As the days went on, she became less anxious about Mr. Marsden’s state of mind, much preferring his coolness to the rosebud smiles and little pats she had endured before her illness. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z If possible, he was even more reserved now than he had been before his illness. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z And the state has rules about children and extended illnesses and contagious diseases, and it doesn't matter what kind of a school the kid attends. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z His illnesses were becoming so bad and so frequent that he sometimes could not work more than twenty minutes at a time without having a pain or discomfort somewhere. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z We saw people with every kind of illness. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “Why medicine? It’s something...something that cures an illness or...or solves a problem, maybe, but what problem?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Some people think mental illness is a matter of mood, a matter of personality. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z The Holtons had been there when their children were sick; had comforted them when these illnesses proved mortal. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He was remembering how Guenever must have pleaded illness on the previous evening, so as to leave the King’s room. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe she’s got some mysterious illness and doesn’t want to be a burden to him.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Vernon has no history of mental illness and no criminal history. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The medical community believed the illness was caused by foul air, called miasma, rising from wet areas. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z It was not illness but loneliness gnawing at my bones. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Allah cures our illnesses,” said the man, clearly frightened of the strangers. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The Russians were fed up with a sickly prince swallowing strange herbs to combat a mysterious illness. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The survival mechanism has become the enemy, as in such illnesses as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis that can attack organs, joints, even the brain. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She had been bathed and changed and while she was still warm to the touch, Dulcet promised him the illness was not serious. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It is because of Mr. Loomis’s illness I now have time to write down all that has happened. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I used my knowledge of this phase of spiritual pathology, and laid down a rule that she should not be present with Lucy or think of her illness more than was absolutely required. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I have got to stop tuning him out all the time; apparently, he doesn’t just talk about sports and illnesses. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z O’Neill listened carefully while I went through Jesse’s story: his family’s involvement in a religious cult when he was young, the three divorces he’d lived through, his father’s illness. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Because Jeffrey is such a naturally happy kid, he wasn’t generally downhearted in those early days, despite the illness. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z While my family’s history of mental illness was cutting through my consciousness like a red line, my scientific work as a cancer biologist was also converging on the normalcy and abnormalcy of genes. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Word of Rush’s illness spread and increased the citizens’ fear. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Ferula had turned down two suitors on the pretext of her mother’s illness. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew many of them were feeling desperate — for food or for the healing of an illness in themselves or a loved one. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The hospital’s previous building for mental illness had burned down when an inmate set it on fire, so patients were closely watched to make sure they didn’t cause trouble. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z His childhood illness had helped to make him both self-reliant and something of a dreamer, who loved his creature comforts. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Mother tried to think of every contingency, including hunger and illness. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I suspected that he was sick in bed, as he had been prone to pulmonary illnesses since the explosion had charred his lungs. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I fought it as best I could and feigned illness even as he dropped me off for my first appointment. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Colette tried to avoid our lesson this morning by complaining of a mysterious illness,” tattled Jeannine. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I only went because a friend of mine had recently died of his long illness and I was feeling at loose odds and ends. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She worried about Charles’s and the children’s illnesses. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z "I hope my sister is not overtaxing her strength, so soon after her illness. It would be a great pity if she were to suffer a relapse." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Perhaps no illness illustrates the nature of this information flow, and its penetrating effects on human physiology, as powerfully as sickle-cell anemia. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Whether Blanche died as a result of treatments designed to cure an illness that would eventually become known as schizophrenia or from suicide or another cause altogether was known only to her doctors and family. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I know that for the first time, I felt as though I had visited with someone who had some kind of physical illness that had just lingered on. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z "Do you know if your grandfather has a history of mental illness?" We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z My long illness damaged my body and worsened my disposition. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They had indeed contracted the illness of insomnia. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He was transferred to the Medical Clinic, where, after an illness of two and one half months, he died. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It should be calm, matter-of-fact, but strong in sympathy—for the illness though, not for the patient. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Not only were they all grateful for her help in banishing illnesses, but they insisted on paying her. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z But for more complex traits, such as intelligence or mental illness, the establishment of heredity was vastly more complex. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The hours are a torture; we do not know what to talk about, so we speak of my mother’s illness. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “How dare you?” he demanded in low-voiced anger “Know you not there is illness here?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z For the first time since the illness, she felt the sun on her face, but even its promise of warmth did not make her smile. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z But after comparing descriptions of the symptoms, they began to disagree on the nature and cause of the illness as well as what to do about it. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z When my friend was an inexperienced young doctor, he was called into a hospital room to deal with a married couple stressed-out by a mysterious illness. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z From the outline of his stiff, pajama clad body under the thin blanket, I could see that we were about the same height, though the illness might have shrunk him. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The friend thanked him and said how pleased he was that his friend had recovered from his illness. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z During her illness they said her regular outings on Saturday mornings were to go to “meetings” with her old school friends who were living down in the city. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Hill was sitting with his hat down over his eyes, slouching in the saddle, a pasty illness in his face. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z You feel it coming on halfway through a shift or later, and you can interpret it the normal way as a symptom of a kind of low-level illness, curable with immediate rest. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Usually illness struck the village and many were taken. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I think most people with a terminal illness have struggled with this. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Sir Fig Newton wore every sign of this illness. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Then Wang Lung paused and his breath whistled through his parted lips and the sweat poured down his body until he was drenched and he was weak as though with an illness. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Had others been affected with different variants of mental illness? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z They felt as if they knew him intimately, like a family member in the upstairs bedroom struggling to recover from an illness. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Perhaps he felt his illness was mild in comparison to his first experience; perhaps one encounter with his cure was enough. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z My parents’ footsteps pace back and forth above my head; the sounds of the household, the Mixmaster and the telephone and the distant news, filter down to me as if in illness. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z William shared a ward with up to twenty other men who were also battling mental illness. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z A senior girl, Anna Grisdale, lost her grandfather after a long illness. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z He was thin and weak and hollow-eyed; his illness had left its marks on him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Except for illness or injury unrelated to your training, do not apply for any medication. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z As a result, patients like Woolf could never truly control their illness. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They hugged the memories of illnesses to their bosoms. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He wrote to Harry Codman, who was himself ill with a strange abdominal illness, “I can only conclude now that I am older and more used up than I had supposed.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It was strange she never once adverted either to her mother’s illness, or her brother’s death, or the present gloomy state of the family prospects. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z They had had the usual bouts with childhood illness, including the recent scarlet fever, but nothing out of the ordinary. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And finally, after a month of illness, Vincent is well enough to paint again. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She was smiling peacefully, as if at the last moment of her life her illness had wished to spare her its familiar torture. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z This potentially fatal illness is caused by a parasite that is spread by the female Anopheles mosquito. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z And as for us, any real illness, anything lingering, weakening, a loss of flesh or appetite, a fall of hair, a failure of the glands, would be terminal. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z From the way Rita was eating, it was clear her illness was on the mend. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z It was frustrating that she didn’t have clear symptoms that could point to a particular illness. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They had seen family members crash and bleed out, but whether their illnesses were caused by Marburg or some other virus—who could tell? The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They have led to illness and death of workers in electrical industries; and more recently, in agriculture, they have been considered a cause of a mysterious and usually fatal disease of cattle. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z But while the latter had preserved his extraordinary strength, which permitted him to pull down a horse by grabbing its ears, the gypsy seemed to have been worn down by some tenacious illness. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Her words surprise me, for I did not think she noticed me or knew of my illness. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He reported that he had recovered from his recent bouts of illness and now felt “fit as a fiddle.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Doctors no longer turn up their noses at the poorer patients, but at those with minor illnesses. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Let us study war as if it were, as Einstein aptly called it, an illness of childhood. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It therefore seemed strange that the Sherpas would blame Ngawang’s illness on the extramarital encounters taking place in one of the Mountain Madness tents. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Had the Republic murdered relatives of my Drake classmates too, all those people who died in combat or in accidents or of illnesses? Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z In the last eleven months of volunteering at the chevra kadisha, I had washed old men who perished on the streets, workers killed in factory accidents, and children taken by illness. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He said it was in the very early stages of the illness, and that the germ had done no damage to the lung. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Whispering to him, promising to erase his illness. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z In the hush-hush 1940s, such a public display of mental illness would have spelled the end of Blanche’s career at Langley, even if she had been able to recover from the episode. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Some people were only lightly affected; some were stricken with all the savage force of the illness. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy learned that the liquid part of the Master Work was called the Elixir of Life, and that it cured all illnesses; it also kept the alchemist from growing old. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z On the home front, other than illness, all was going well. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z We never found out what happened to Flame—probably she died of Flo’s illness. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Emma and Charles were both loving parents, and illness had kind of a happy aura about it, in part because Charles was always sick, and everyone loved Charles. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The literature of veterinary medicine abounds in similar examples: swine eating sprayed cockleburs with consequent severe illness, lambs eating sprayed thistles, bees poisoned by pasturing on mustard sprayed after it came into bloom. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Little boys can be run over by motor-cars or they can die of some awful illness. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Impervious they were to disease or illness, said one of them. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Often, there was a healing ceremony, a doctoring to cure the winter’s illnesses. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z I have trouble remembering the details of her illness because she and my father kept it from me until they couldn’t hide it any longer. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I am still feigning illness, although I’m pretty sure I’m fooling no one. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Monte Carlo had begun to bore her, and this little illness would make a distraction. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z There were reports of human illness, thought by some to be related. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He coughed and choked as if the very air of the slave ship would infect him with illness. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z So that night I feigned a flulike illness and locked myself in my room, then slipped out the window and climbed down a drainpipe to the ground. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She arranged two trays, one for Nivea, who always breakfasted in bed, and one for Rosa, who by virtue of her illness was entitled to the same treatment as her mother. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She had nearly caught up with the wages lost by her illness, and even though Rachel made only a pittance, it paid her room and board. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The same thing could happen with loss of weight in illness. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Lillian asked, knowing that Bull feared heart attacks above all other illnesses. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But several studies have shown that black patients were treated and hospitalized at later stages of their illnesses than white patients. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z With the advance in HIV/AIDS treatment protocols, the disease has been transformed from a certain death sentence to a manageable chronic illness—but only for those with access to treatment. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z After they got over their illness, no one could be sure, not even Doc Hawthorn, which of the two treatments had done the trick. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Other observers in Osage County noted that suspicious deaths were routinely, and falsely, attributed to “consumption,” “wasting illness,” or “causes unknown.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Even if a hospital or government agency can afford the antibiotics, the illness is difficult to manage. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z In 2012, several further studies corroborated these initial findings, strengthening the links between these variants of mental illness and family histories and deepening questions about their etiology, epidemiology, triggers, and instigators. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Remembering his mother’s last illness, when she had coughed and coughed until his father left before dawn to get the dibia while the junior wife, Chioke, rubbed her back, frightened him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The sergeant doctor called for fever, cold, and many other illnesses, but he never asked if anyone was having nightmares or migraines. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Today, over 50 percent of prison and jail inmates in the United States have a diagnosed mental illness, a rate nearly five times greater than that of the general adult population. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The sudden illness or death of farmers, spraymen, pilots, and others exposed to appreciable quantities of pesticides are tragic and should not occur. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The murder of a child by a parent is horrific and is usually complicated by serious mental illness, as in the Yates and Smith cases. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Against other illnesses, though—including measles, mumps, rubella, pertussis, and the now defeated smallpox—our antibodies stimulated by one infection confer lifelong immunity. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Which you meantersay, Pip, how long have your illness lasted, dear old chap?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Three of the scheduled anointed speakers did not show, among them church founders Rev. Thomas McNair, my godfather, and Sister Virginia Ingram, both having pleaded illness or scheduling conflicts. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I look down at my illness deflector yawning open my sweatshirt pocket. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Others besides the doctors were beginning to notice the illness. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Of course, the dreams that I had during my illness continued to preoccupy me. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And what weight should we assign each of the many inputs that affect a child’s outcome: genes, family environment, socioeconomic level, schooling, discrimination, luck, illness, and so on? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z She has continued to exist, survived her childhood illnesses, the near-drowning in a rip current on Rockaway Beach at the age of twelve, other dramas. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “Not a fatal illness, you understand,” Arthur said gravely. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z The men inside either glared back or ignored us in a way that suggested mental illness or depression more than sullenness. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She sat it out as she would have weathered an illness. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She had learned to imitate the symptoms of various illnesses so well that she could have fooled a whole committee of physicians. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I did not then have a chance actually to converse with him until that second evening after the return of his illness. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Nearly one in five prison and jail inmates has a serious mental illness. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I would have pleaded illness, but I knew that Falconer would brook no excuse short of my writing hand being lopped off—and even then he would probably insist that I transcribe left-handed. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z My body churned with weary nausea, but I could not let an illness blind me after I had come so far to look and to hear. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z And since a vast majority of illnesses eventually go away on their own, most of the time it works for him. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z "Healing's not my forte, but I'll slow the illness as much as I can." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Women battling serious mental illness or severe emotional problems are thrown in with other women, making dorm life chaotic and stressful for everyone. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z For the past two years I’ve been tormented by an illness that runs in my family. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z That was a sign of illness in the monkey. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A wholly different fever followed upon her family’s recovery, an illness of weakness and grief. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “One thing my mother did not whisper in my father’s ear during that long miserable crossing. And because a great many were deadly seasick, no remark was made of her illness.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Downstairs at Snowberger’s, my daddy deals with death by misadventure, illness, and natural causes galore. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Because they live far on the other side of my village and they are very poor, Pagdzin tulku. I only heard of my kinsman’s illness yesterday and I came at once to seek your advice.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Herbert Spencer—the philosopher who had coined the phrase survival of the fittest—had spent much of his life bedridden with various illnesses, struggling with his own fitness for survival. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z They are all we have, you see, all we have to fight off illness and death. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I’m more or less recuperating from an illness. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My birthday is the one day of the year that we’re both most acutely aware of my illness. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z That was how I learned of Grandpa’s final illness. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He surrounded himself with his illness thoroughly and embedded himself in it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z However, despite the lingering meat fumes, my grandma never fed me anything other than bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast, in consideration of my illness. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Had he contracted an illness on the voyage? Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Then real fear came as her illness recurred at shorter intervals. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Because of my recent illness and my history of high blood pressure, I had been put on a strict low-cholesterol diet. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I begin to wonder if that wall has been painted over to erase any hint of my illness from her room. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Later, claiming illness, he got himself confined in Massachusetts. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z By then, heredity, illness, normalcy, family, and identity had become recurrent themes of conversation in my family. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I wanted to tell her that I was getting better, because that was supposed to be the narrative of illness: It was a hurdle you jumped over, or a battle you won. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “Besides,” growled Tock, who decided that he didn’t much like Dr. Dischord, “there is no such illness as lack of noise.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Some are so old or wasted by illness, drugs, or drink that I can’t place them. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The patients included those who suffered with epilepsy, mental illness, blindness, deafness, mental disabilities, and severe physical deformities. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z But it also provoked a volley of new questions: If Moni’s illness was genetic, then why had his father and sister been spared? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z His former girlfriend, Adele Picket, passed away after a long illness. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I don’t remember much about the illness or the recovery. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z As we all know from experience, there are some illnesses, such as flu and the common cold, to which our resistance is only temporary; we can eventually contract the illness again. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Others would be coupling tonight, creating new people, new hunters for the future of the village as the old ones died of wounds and illness and age. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Both my father and my grandmother believed that Jagu’s and Rajesh’s mental illnesses had been precipitated—even caused, perhaps—by the apocalypse of Partition, its political trauma sublimated into their psychic trauma. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “I had an—” Don’t discuss the accident. “—an illness. I’ll be better soon.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The point was that the pasha’s daughter suffered a supernatural illness. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Samuel rolled over on his side and went about his illness without ease. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The news came to the doctor where he sat with a woman whose illness was age, though neither she nor the doctor would admit it. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thank God for the aged,” sings the poet: Thank God for the aged And for age itself, and illness and the grave. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Aztec survivors were demoralized by the mysterious illness that killed Indians and spared Spaniards, as if advertising the Spaniards’ invincibility. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Like a person with a terminal illness, I was eager to ignore the immediate symptoms, hoping for a last-minute cure. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I want to get away from the stigma they all clearly feel just because they have an illness of the mind as opposed to, say, an illness of the lungs or blood. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z It’s like stories of illness and near-death, from which you have recovered; like stories of war. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I prayed with my family at times of illness and when my father was temporarily ouLof a job. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Rather than prescribe anything to combat the illness that was now wreaking havoc on my system, the doctor told me my body was doing its job and would rid itself of everything on its own. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z When she went to the doctor for an appointment, a month earlier, the doctor told her that she had a serious illness and that she had about three months to live, if not less. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Sleep became elusive, a common symptom of minor altitude illness. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z At a time when mental illness carried a deep and almost ineradicable stigma, Elizebeth refused to let it create a chasm between her and her husband. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He wishes he had a friend who was a doctor, too, “for at every turn one would like to know, especially for the little one, where illnesses come from.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z His illness had weakened him so, I thought he might cry. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z When Robert’s father John Hooke died in 1648, after a long illness, Robert was 13 years old. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Ear and Eye had sleeping bags, but Arm, in deference to his recent illness, was given the sofa. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He was concerned that the shock of this news would cause a relapse in his wife's illness. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Nancy was angry with him for having such ideas, and that anger was mixed with pity for him in his illness. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as if they feared my illness lingered somewhere within and would pounce out if I exerted myself. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z An app for all chronic illnesses, complete with med charts, schedules, and dosage information. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Dr. Samuel A. Mudd was imprisoned in Florida, but his sentence was commuted by President Johnson, partly for assistance during an outbreak of illness in the prison. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I had spent the afternoon preparing, leaving the office on a pretense of illness to avoid having to attend the celebration. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Though he shivered from illness and anguish, he could sense his blood beginning to warm and flow. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z In his mind he believed he could make the illness go away by ignoring it. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The Englishman prodded him, and the boy asked her about the man who cured people’s illnesses. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I might have been diagnosed with a terminal illness. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z You can't effectively fight abusive power, poverty, inequality, illness, oppression, or injustice and not be broken by it. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Activities or illnesses whose safety indices are greater than 6 should be considered quite safe, being equivalent to less than one chance in a million per year. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They explained that the psychosis and other serious mental health problems that burdened Mr. Jenkins could lead to dangerous behavior, but this behavior was a manifestation of serious illness, not a reflection of his character. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z What he says is a trespass: people don’t talk about bodies unless they’re discussing illnesses, or about souls except in church, or about passion unless they mean sex. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z They have lower rates of diet-related illness such as heart disease. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z It was like an illness, she thought, or an enchantment: these feelings that cloaked everything in a fog of desire. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It was even impatient with the illness of its own body. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z He would rather have been more cautious, but Rita’s illness worried him. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He had been diagnosing and treating the illness since he’d first set foot in Haiti. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “A woman dies of some illness and you talk of yellow fever?” the lawyer asked. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He had stayed away, he explained, out of consideration for the illness in the house. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Holidays were always bad—my mom in particular got homesick sometimes like it was a genuine illness—but that Christmas was the worst. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Did they have some sort of tropical illness? Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Your mother and father bonded over both having lost parents to illness.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z It takes long intimacy, long and familiar interliving, before one kind of creature can cause illness in another. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Ministry refuses to confirm rumors of critical illness. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z In 1861, illness was still a big part of life at Down. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The world is sometimes just, and I spent the next eighteen months sick in bed with a mysterious illness. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The illness, which came from drinking unpasteurized milk, had sickened at least eight people in Smyth County that summer. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The doctor agreed that it was probably the damp cell that had helped cause my illness. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "What can you tell me of his final illness?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There were men who were forced to take advantage of this system of substitute-hiring because of serious illness in the home or the dependency of motherless children. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Ifemelu half smiled in sympathy, because Cristina Tomas had to have some sort of illness that made her speak so slowly, lips scrunching and puckering, as she gave directions to the international students office. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z A child feigning illness, afraid to call because after a moment's discussion, the conversation would run so: “Yes, Captain, I feel better already. I'll be in at ten o'clock tonight.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z We receive reports of other ships in the fleet where the illness is much more advanced upon the people; the sores have appeared upon some. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Their illnesses may or may not have been exacerbated by social cruelty and alienation, they may or may not have been affected by access to violent imagery and/or lethal weaponry. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The illness gave me something to attack besides my father, so when Mother asked why I hadn’t come to her sooner, why I hadn’t asked for help, I answered honestly. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The crowding, poor nutrition, and lack of hygiene made disease rampant; from typhus to scarlet fever, from malnutrition to psychosis, illness of some kind struck nearly every family. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z At the town called Turuf I dropped out of the party feigning illness. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z A flaw in identity; a genetic illness; a blemish that cannot be separated from the self—the same phrase served all meanings. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Second, they’re “acute” illnesses: within a short time, you either die or recover completely. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Prior to the clinic’s existence, acute altitude illness killed approximately one or two out of every 500 trekkers who passed through Pheriche. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He had already lost four sons to childhood illnesses, and he had expected Eleazar—the last surviving male heir—to be the one who would inherit his wealth and follow in his footsteps. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Then he developed abdominal pain, and that made him think that he might have typhoid fever, so he gave himself a course of antibiotic pills, but that had no effect on his illness. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The illness or injury that must be “worked through,” with gritted teeth, because there’s no sick pay or health insurance and the loss of one day’s pay will mean no groceries for the next. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There would be illnesses, from which I would recover just at the point of death. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z When Ann started losing her breakfast in the mornings and sleeping all afternoon, her father fretted about the mysterious illness that had swept over his youngest child. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z But the infuriated Strauss dismissed Lawrence’s plea of illness and delivered a vicious tongue-lashing, capping it bluntly with an accusation of cowardice. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Jim was concerned that one of Carabayllo’s major health problems might be TB, but Peruvian doctors insisted that the illness was well under control. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “And are you feeling recovered from your illness? Fully recovered?!” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Until that moment I had never heard of mental illness. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z "I pray to the God of Life every day that Charlotte wakes up before I die so she can take her rightful place as queen. To be at my side when I announce my illness." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Then one day in late fall—the fall I spent undergoing tests for death-sentence illnesses—Mummy began to cry. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Now I was in the strange position of comforting her about my brother’s deadly illness. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z "She misses her sister. The illness has taken a toll on all of us." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “I built an app for chronic illnesses. Med charts, schedules.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z As for us, the Handmaids and even the Marthas, we avoid illness. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Possessing great courage and high goals, he could not have conducted himself in any other manner, and his plans were frustrated solely by the brevity of Alexander’s life and by his own illness. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z In any illness that could not be handled by ordinary means—known cures, intuition, or endurance—the word was always, “Fetch M’Dear.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z No severe or prolonged bodily illness followed this incident of the red-room; it only gave my nerves a shock of which I feel the reverberation to this day. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The most striking feature of his illness, though, was not the storm within his mind, but the lull in his eyes. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z For a minute she thought she was going to be sick, but then she realized that this illness came from her spirit, not her body. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Remarkably, none of the agents expressed suspicions over the nature of her illness, even though so many victims during the Reign of Terror had been poisoned. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “There is even reason to think that her mother may have carried an illness that will endanger others — ” No! Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The fact is, Ti Jean explains, that three-quarters of all Voodoo ceremonies are an effort to drive away illness, not to put a curse on someone. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z She’s always on the verge of collapsing from one imaginary illness or another. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I mean, shyness that bad isn’t just part of your personality, it’s like an illness, and I’ll bet on a stack of waffles that it hurts like one. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z My grandmother has custody of me and my sisters because my mother has a mental illness. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It took Jack a long time to feel he was over the illness. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Even in her discomfort and illness, she was polite. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Plutarch acknowledged her physical and mental condition, depleted by illness, consumed by sadness, and frantic for the safety of her children, if not for herself. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z In the last two years of his life, now profoundly deaf and mosdy bedridden by severe illness, Beethoven withdrew into a private sound world, composing six string quartets of astonishing, unapproachable intensity. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z If the price of dog food and cake mix can be rationalized, why can’t some sort of rough “safety index” be devised which allows us to gauge how safe various activities, procedures, and illnesses are? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I read more and see that he was described as "troubled" and suffering from "mental illness." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z At first Nick was amused that I wouldn’t see a doctor, but as the illness progressed his amusement turned to worry, then confusion. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Months later, we were finally scheduled to go to court with the evidence about his profound mental illness, material that should have been presented at trial. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But he was heavily associated with illness and death, neither of which was distinguishable from the brown picture of the North Carolina Mutual Life Building on the back of their yellow cards. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s an über-jock and a gym rat, but he lives in such fear of illness that he never wants to get close enough to anyone to catch anything they might have or be carrying. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Therese’s illness oppresses the convent like a heavy blanket laid over spring’s green floor. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z They're just way stations before the prisoners are taken out of the country, to other camps with foreign-sounding names, to places where healthy young men may die of mysterious illnesses. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Every job of work undone, every bill unpaid, every illness, every death was The Man’s fault. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The clinical symptoms of the disease served as a reminder of the fact that Ebola is related to certain kinds of flu-like illnesses seen in human children. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They were not allowed to eat or drink anything during their stay, for there was no doubt but that the illness was transmitted by mouth, and all food and drink had been contaminated by insomnia. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Vigorous and almost unstoppable her whole life, this illness hit her hard. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I have fought Death, and illness and despair have sapped all my strength. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I could offer love and support during their times of illness and bereavement because I knew what it was like to be there. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “This fear is an illness,” she told her niece. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There is even reason to think that her mother may have carried an illness that will endanger others — — and the women need the space where their cott was. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If it had been any other dance, a regular dance, I would have stayed home with an imaginary illness. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Little Anna, as she was called, had not been well of late, and doctors had attributed her death to illness, because there seemed to be no evidence of foul play. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z In the book Men Against Death I was greatly struck by the fact that in childbirth alone, women commonly suffer more pain, illness and misery than any war hero ever does. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z A doctor gives her a shot for malaria and tells her that she should be in quarantine for her illness. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then came the manic convulsions, the spectral fevers, and the sudden cataclysm of his final illness. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I expected he would be sick for several days—I remembered the course of illness in Mr. Loomis—but I guess dogs react differently from human beings, for by nightfall he was dead. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z They told of their pain and illnesses, and cried to one another whenever their stories felt too heavy to bear alone. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z The warden and officials in President Woodrow Wilson’s administration didn’t want to be held responsible for the illness or death of Paul or any of the other hunger strikers. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z They didn’t know what was wrong with her—she may have had cholera, or it may have been another kind of intestinal illness. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Victims of the flu often developed a secondary pneumonia caused by pneumococcus—an illness so rapid and fatal that doctors had termed it the “captain of the men of death.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z At times of illness or death in the family, a man was usually quiet, even silent. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Hemophilia—like white eyes in fruit flies—is a sex-linked genetic illness. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z A few hours later, Strauss called him back, determined to prevent Lawrence’s “illness” from spreading. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z And was the picture before or after her illness? How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The illness seemed to be fading away naturally. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Their educational attainments were noted, marriages followed, illnesses tabulated, psychological health charted, and every promotion and job change dutifully recorded. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z We didn’t even have the language to talk about mental illness in my culture. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Chills ran up his skin—it brought back the memory of Misty singing as she began to succumb to the illness. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She was dozing in the chair by the kitchen fire with a red-checked shawl around her shoulders, still worn down from her illness. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometime during the illness I saw the face of the doctor from town, and later I saw Andrew. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of them like him and—he thinks—know of mental illness firsthand and so understand him. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “I just want to make sure you’re healthy. Your illness can run away with you before you even know it.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z They had families and illnesses just like people. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Its warm lucence promised a poultice against illness and a wall against insult. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z For over a century, institutional care for Americans suffering from serious mental illness shifted between prisons and hospitals set up to manage people with mental illness. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Her mother passed away from a long and gruesome illness. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The multiple stab wounds inflicted on the victim strongly suggested mental illness, but the court records and files never referenced anything about Jenkins suffering from a disability. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z By analyzing families that possessed intergenerational histories of mental illness, the study found striking evidence that bipolar disorder and schizophrenia shared a strong genetic link. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I may have lived through many illnesses and survived them, never suspecting that I was ill. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z After her illness and her evil dreams Faye was quiet and depressed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Currie admitted that the illness was “strengthened by a particular construction of the atmosphere,” but he insisted that the best way to deal with it was by quarantining the sick. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z By the time she had turned thirty, prison doctors diagnosed her with multiple sclerosis, intellectual disability, and mental illness related to trauma. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z As far back as 1961, when Mr. Muhammad’s illness took that turn for the worse, I had heard chance negative remarks concerning me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The family had stripped itself of money to fight my mother’s illness and there was no more forthcoming. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Slant was detected in his illness; though he protested, none know what his fever might be; and so they removed him with them. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The overpopulation created a breeding ground for illness. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She had not been at the weaving shed in many days, not since her mother’s illness and death. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The waves are enormous and I am plagued with illness, constantly spilling my stomach over the side of the raft. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z That the change in his voice was nothing other than the onset of a real chill, an occupational illness of commercial travelers, of that he had not the slightest doubt. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry felt as though he was recuperating from some brief but severe illness, an impression reinforced by Hermione’s solicitousness. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Thinking that he might have some kind of bacterial infection, they gave him injections of antibiotics, but the antibiotics had no effect on his illness. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When Felix received his assignment at 6:00 a.m., he considered faking an illness—something tough to prove, like a toothache—but his mom had already driven off. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z His concern focused on a series of illnesses that had struck his patients throughout the year—the mumps in January, jaw and mouth infections in February, scarlet fever in March, followed by influenza in July. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z She flicked her fingers, as if she were casting the illness aside. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z They checked her heart and took her blood pressure but didn’t do much to treat her actual illness. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z His studies were also interrupted by recurring illness, which was to plague him all his life. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z I guess if you’re going to be born with an illness that requires constant care, then it’s good to have your mom as your doctor. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Moni is not the only member of my father’s family with mental illness. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Some variants of the illness were known to be caused by nutritional deficiencies. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Lee’s visit coincided with the first destructive healthy impulse Darling had since her illness. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He believed firmly that every illness had a cure and that all he had to do to discover it was to work harder. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Macon stopped, as though the mention of illness reminded him of his own frailty, and pulled a large white handkerchief out of his pocket. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked at Cletus to see if all this talk of illness and deterioration affected him the way it did me. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z Depression was what happened to Americans, with their self-absolving need to turn everything into an illness. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z "The flower of immortality. The cure to every illness, even death itself." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I couldn't understand why his trial records made no reference to mental illness, but after the George Daniel case, nothing surprised me. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z At Brandeis, he taught classes about social psychology, mental illness and health, group process. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The service for which he had been destined had been against Force, the mental illness of humanity. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Bibi had never been taught to be a woman; the illness had left her naive in most practical matters. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z In his final years, the old man, a teacher of mathematics in our elementary schools, had kept assiduous track of Bibi’s illness in hopes of determining some logic to her condition. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Online, I’ve followed many Deckers with incurable illnesses who take it upon themselves to travel the real countries and cities while they still have time. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I feel safe, small, wrapped in my illness as if in cotton wool. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The so-called bible on the question of psychological illnesses is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the DSM. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z President Reagan's attacker, like Charles Guiteau, had a history of mental illness. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He began by making readers face the terrible illness: “About this time, this destroying scourge, the malignant fever, crept in among us.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “I think we’re much more hypocritical about illness, and poverty, than were people in former ages,” I remember Julian saying once. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “The more you can disbelieve the things your illness tries to make you believe, the sooner you’ll be well enough to go home.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z His physical needs were met, but Tendai believed his brother’s illness was worse because he was so unhappy. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I could send a telegram later, claiming illness. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I’d had years of staring at ceilings from my bedroom to the ICU, and so I’d long ago found the most hurtful ways to imagine my own illness. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Putting the name yellow fever to the illness was not to be done lightly. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Most of the doctors at that first meeting felt they did not know enough about the illness to give it a specific name. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z The illnesses—so the underground family gossip went—were caused by the fact that Mamita had been a very beautiful young woman, and she had never fully recovered from losing her looks. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The next morning, I was so exhausted that I stayed in bed, feigning illness and dozing fitfully. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z So it was with extremely mixed emotions that she read a letter from Mr. Henri Martin describing the illness of her grandmother, and suggesting she come down right away. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Maudsley had studied mental illness among families and concluded that the patterns of inheritance were vastly more complex than the ones Galton had proposed. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z But the majority, who are in the clutches of drink or morphling or illness, look grotesque in their costumes, depicting cows and trees and loaves of bread. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z "I hope you weren't called home suddenly because of illness in the family." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Since leaving St. Louis, Alice had heard nothing from home and feared her mother’s illness might have gotten much worse. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The metaphorical potency of Alexei’s illness was also undeniable—symptomatic of an empire gone sick, dependent on bandages and prayers, hemorrhaging at its core. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Then I worked for the government on several occasions, but lost the jobs due to illness. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z How strange, I thought, that he nearly fainted once from watching someone else’s illness, and now he was so able to endure his own. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Not from some illness of body or mind, not from spoiled food. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He always believed that the chronic illness resulted from his brush with death in 1603. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z They’d talk on and on about the final illness, the dying, the funeral, and especially about the grave being lined with roses. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Still weak from her tropical illness and pressed for time, she was forced to hire others to etch and engrave most of the copper plates based on her paintings. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z If divorce had presented itself as the dastardly antithesis of all this, it could easily have been cast onto the other pan of the scales, along with betrayal, illness, thieving, assault and mendacity. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z When one cousin caught the measles or mumps, we were all quarantined together so as to get that childhood illness over and done with. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z This I did not find remarkable, it often being the case due to the illness or absence of one of the younger servants that some small duties had to be performed. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He swears the only reason God spared his life twice is so that he could spread the word about the illness, as if nobody knew what it was. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z My mother thought it would be best if we didn’t tell him about Kevin’s illness. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The mere suggestion of illness or wounds was to him not only horrifying, but even repulsive and rather disgusting. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Omakayas’s constant attention brought the little family through the first part of the illness’s danger. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z She was afraid of an illness or an accident that could force them into a hospital. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z They could feign illness, if they liked, but that wouldn’t earn them a trip anywhere, either. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was rabbit fever,” and the illness lasted many months, during which the family had depended upon church assistance and the charity of neighbors—“otherwise we would’ve starved.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the Hotel California of mental illness: patients who checked in rarely ever left. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z However, if the bacilli become active—when someone’s immune system is compromised, as with AIDS—they multiply rapidly into a bone-eating, lung-consuming illness that, unless treated, is fatal. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Not surprisingly, she recovered from her mysterious illness after being dislodged from Faulkner’s grip. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z A few weeks later George and Florah came down with a mysterious illness, which left them emaciated and lethargic, their stomachs so distended that I thought they would burst. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z At this time there is little understanding of mental illness. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Your address suggests you may be either a doctor or suffering from a long illness. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It was in the business that she showed this illness most plainly. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Lassa fever was first observed in 1969 in Nigeria, where it causes a fatal illness so contagious that Nigerian hospitals have been closed down if even a single case appears. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Each day brought a new lesson about how to move more efficiently, how not to get slowed down by illness or mess of any kind. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She fed her this soup, but that night Popo flew away with her illness. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Because of the old man's long last illness, and the neglect of the housekeeper, it was some time since they had been cleaned. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Men of his age died of sudden illness all the time. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z His mother had died the year before after a long illness. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Therefore, most of the city’s eighty physicians did not believe that the illness described by Rush was indeed yellow fever. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Be careful with him always that there may be nothing to excite him of this kind for a long time to come; the traces of such an illness as his do not lightly die away. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z At thirty-one years old, Farmer had dealt with more varieties of illness than most physicians would see in a lifetime. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z His recurring illness had turned out to be appendicitis. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z "Poisonings have become more frequent than an assassin's dagger, my dear. The illness of Princess Charlotte makes the queen even more vigilant in taking care of her children." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z How slowly they moved, walking as though they had just gotten over a long illness! Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Ted doesn’t have much sympathy for illness, though; one of our morning meetings was on the subject of “working through it.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite the evidence provided by Reed’s commission, many people were still not convinced that the bite of a tiny mosquito could cause a fatal illness. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z None of this would be a mystery to a young ethnographer-doctor who was able to sort out superstition from legitimate symptoms of illness. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He had explained that the anemia would not get any worse, but it meant that he would not be able to do much now until he had gone through the whole illness and recovered. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The Taylor Hardin Secure Medical Facility in Tuscaloosa did all of the diagnostic and assessment work for courts managing people accused of crimes who might be incompetent to stand trial due to mental illness. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The virtue of such a coarse logarithmic safety scale is that it provides us, and particularly the media, with an order-of-magnitude estimate of the risks associated with various activities, illnesses, and procedures. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z One doctor suggested she might have multiple sclerosis; so many of her symptoms seemed to indicate some kind of degenerative illness. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The klutzy handwriting was Webb’s: Dear Mr. Scooter: My parents and I are very sorry to hear about your illness. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind's essential illness. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I almost forgot to mention that Father has recovered from his illness. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z But those were a couple of divorces and a serious illness ago, and the son looking over his shoulder at the mounted snapshots now had little in common with the boy in the pictures. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel an illness, in the pit of my stomach. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The news of the baby’s illness traveled quickly among the brush houses, for sickness is second only to hunger as the enemy of poor people. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Now this illness, our family’s enemy, has returned to claim yet another victim. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z She was dazed by all the illness around her, and by her elders shouting at each other. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother warned of illnesses that befell children who did not eat their lentils and of ghosts that stalked them in their sleep. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z The old marks of accidents and bad food and childhood illnesses all washed away. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z First Turkey asked, “Is there any event in particular that you can summon to memory that might shed more light upon this illness?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z "He'll fill you with self-doubt, fear, and paranoia, and even inspire betrayal. The mind suffers illnesses, too." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Theo is not only working through his illness; he’s continuing to do things his own way. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z When Keav approaches a nurse and reports her illness, the nurse takes her arm and leads her to a cot to lie down. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The next time Cora’s grandmother was sold was after a month in the pest house on Sullivan’s Island, once the physicians certified her and the rest of the Nanny's cargo clear of illness. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z During his illness, the other members of the family were extremely kind to Stuart. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z She tells them she has never had a serious illness since she made her pledge in church that day. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z A Justice Department official had noted that her “illness is very suspicious, to say the least.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Still it was not those illnesses or even the ice that marked the beginning of the trouble, that self-fulfilled prophecy that Shadrack carried on his tongue. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “A deadly illness from the mortal age, I suppose.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z It gave me more time to write out long-winded college essays about how my illness shaped me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Well, it also took some degree of mental illness, too, but I was suddenly happy for her. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z As illness and exhaustion overcame her, she crumpled to the ground. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Now there are ten of us here upon these mats and the flock-bed of sickness, which stinks most revoltingly of our illness. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Each day, she seemed to drift further away, to become more insubstantial; it was as if she had the same peculiar wasting illness that had consumed Minnie. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Lee said, “I hope my illness has not affected my judgment. I rely on you always to tell me the truth as you see it.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Cursed though she was with illness—she might have come to prefer it for his company. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He saw illness in one face, told the man to report to sick call. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Her mother’s death: a sudden violent, isolated illness. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d always believed his childhood was sterile, but the knowledge Macon and Ruth had given him wrapped his memory of it in septic sheets, heavy with the odor of illness, misery, and unforgiving hearts. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Lee said diplomatically, “The Old Soldier’s illness is going around.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Margaret Reynolds, age 83, died peacefully in her sleep on Saturday after a short illness. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Most illnesses, especially the major ones, are blind accidents that we have no idea how to prevent. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Although his illness wasn’t diagnosed, he called it camp fever, a term often used for typhoid fever. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Our illness is treated with contempt, foul Black Draught, and castor oil that blunts our minds. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z On other occasions I waited apprehensively while my mother read onion-paper letters airmailed from Mexico with news of a relative’s illness or death. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Shin had seen prisoners die in the camp before—of hunger, illness, beatings, and at public executions—but not as a routine part of work. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Their questions had to be answered, and the news of our leader’s illness swiftly spread through the Nation of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In the late nineteenth century, alarmed by the inhumane treatment of incarcerated people suffering from mental illness, Dorothea Dix and Reverend Louis Dwight led a successful campaign to get the mentally ill out of prison. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Doctors’ families do tend to complain that they receive less medical attention than their friends and neighbors, but they seem a normal, generally healthy lot, with a remarkably low incidence of iatrogenic illness. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Her mother had planned to teach her the art of the dyes, but the time had not yet come before the illness struck. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But sometimes I think we choose our illnesses, because they benefit us in some way. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “That’s it! Maybe no one here knows what an alchemist is! Find out who it is who cures the people’s illnesses!” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I wonder how a person with mental illness could also be "celebrated" and "gifted." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Early on, she settled on heart attacks— events with a known cause and a quick dramatic arc—as a way of illustrating how illness plays out differently in different classes. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z You know America has a way of turning everything into an illness that needs medicine. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The numbers of incarcerated people with serious mental illness declined dramatically, while public and private mental health facilities emerged to provide care to the mentally distressed. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z My illness has dragged us all through the trenches, and although my trench was, well, the Marianas, I won’t discount what my family has been through. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Perhaps he thought he could control his illness and didn’t believe that he was dying until he was too ill to think about legal documents. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He led the way out of the hall, smiling and waving at the many hands that reached out to grasp his white tunic as if touching him would heal them of an illness. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z |
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