sick-house

That is the sentiment that is turning Society into a sick-house.

A Doll's House 2006

That is the sentiment that is turning Society into a sick-house.

A Doll's House 2006

We have no sick-house now; no feigned sickness, and really much less actual illness than formerly.

The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society

It was seldom the case that one fourth of the applicants were really unwell; but every one would maintain that he was very sick, and as it was hard to contend with them about it, they were all sent off to the sick-house.

The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society

Knock hole through the sick-house (at Brookgreen!)

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration

The sick-house was thronged with real and pretended invalids.

The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society

"Why not a sick-house as well as a sick-bed?" the Doctor smiled.

Polly of the Hospital Staff Emma C. Dowd

As we were passing through the hospital, or sick-house, as it is called by the blacks, Mr.C. told us he had very little use for it now.

The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society

Everyone had some defect, of body or of mind: he thought of all the people he had known (the whole world was like a sick-house, and there was no rhyme or reason in it), he saw a long procession, deformed in body and warped in mind, some with illness of the flesh, weak hearts or weak lungs, and some with illness of the spirit, languor of will, or a craving for liquor.

Of Human Bondage 1919

Everyone had some defect, of body or of mind: he thought of all the people he had known (the whole world was like a sick-house, and there was no rhyme or reason in it), he saw a long procession, deformed in body and warped in mind, some with illness of the flesh, weak hearts or weak lungs, and some with illness of the spirit, languor of will, or a craving for liquor.

Of Human Bondage 1915