10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VALETUDINARIANISM»
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valetudinarian. (val-i-tood-en-AR-ee-an) adjective 1. chronically ill; sickly. 2.
excessively and morbidly concerned with one's health. valetudinarianism. (val-i-
too-di-NAR-ee-an-iz-em) noun. v. “Whatafantasticinsult!” virago (vah-RAH-go)
noun 1.
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2011
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A second selection from the papers of Addison in the ...
VALETUDINARIANISM. - .ffigrescitque medendo. Virg. iEn. xii. 46. And sickens
by the very means of health. The following letter will explain itself, and needs no
apology. " Sir, " I am one of that sickly tribe who are commonly known by the
name ...
Joseph Addison, Edward Berens, 1828
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Consumption and the World of Goods
Consumption, 6. ibid., 119. ibid., 114. Beddoes cites the case of a l4—year-old
girl who 'had little appetite for animal food, always preferring bread, vegetables
and fruit': Beddoes, Hygeia, vol. 2, l4. Valetudinarianism and food fads were often
...
John Brewer, Roy Porter, 2013
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Apuleius: A Latin Sophist
Gleason (1995), 84—7, against the background of Foucault (1986). 9' Cf. Behr (
1968) and (1994); for a translation see Behr (1986), and on Apuleius' possible
knowledge of this work cf. Ch. 6, Sect. 2 (ii). 9“ Fronto's valetudinarianism is a ...
5
The Initiate in the New World
“I find, for instance, that a lot of members of the Theosophical Society lay far too
much stress on Karma, as they understand the word. In young and unevolved
souls it is often productive of valetudinarianism. The would-be interesting man or
...
6
Thinking of Answers: Questions in the Philosophy of Everyday ...
What is the difference between valetudinarianism and hypochondria? There is an
important difference between valetudinarianism and hypochondria, and a
significant difference between the latter and hypochondriasis. Before explaining
these ...
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The British Quarterly Review
If you are so very eclectic in your themes,' he says, on another occasion, ' will you
not fall into my literary valetudinarianism 1 Remember my sterility, and loss to
myself, by such fastidiousness. Write anything, rather than not write.' But ' literary
...
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The life of Samuel Miller, D. D., LL. D.: second professor ...
Valetudinarianism was still seriously interrupting Mr. Miller's pastoral labors; and
soon, as his diary indicates, he was obliged to leave home again for relaxation
and in- vigoration. June 5, 1796. The return of this day brings to my recollection ...
9
The Body in Illness and Health: Themes and Images in Jane Austen
Mrs. Churchill receives no affection from character or reader, flirts with illness
through her valetudinarianism, and receives a poetically just death. As did Sense
and Sensibility, Emma suggests that hysteria at times demands respect and ...
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Medical benefit: a study of the experience of Germany and ...
If valetudinarianism to a very large extent were an inevitable consequence of
insurance, so grievous would be its results that insurance would probably have to
be pronounced a curse, not a blessing. It is very difficult, from the very nature of
the ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VALETUDINARIANISM»
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Fifty years of Inspector Wexford – and a new detective on the block
Rendell appears to revel in the quirky valetudinarianism of her cast of ageing friends and lovers who are capable of 'iron control' and equivocation in the matter ... «Spectator.co.uk, Aug 14»
