About a year ago he evinced symptoms of breaking down, cough, emaciation, and debility.
He was touched by the poignant pathos of her great age and her debility.
I was run down and a great sufferer from nervous debility.
Now it happened that this young girl fell into such a state of debility that she was obliged to keep her room.
The cold bath is beneficial in these cases, provided there is not great debility.
Examplesofdebility
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Is it surprising then that after such violent roles there follow relapses into feverishness anddebility?
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The increasingdebilityis acknowledged, as is the change in focus of the librettos.
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Yet thisdebilitycannot be understood entirely as a condition of imperial experience - it has a class dimension.
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The larger share of cases of generaldebilitymay reflect the greater deprivation experienced by its patients.
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Indeed, contrasted with our emaciated figures and extremedebility, their frames appeared to us gigantic, and their strength supernatural.
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But the treatments rarely did more than relieve the symptoms temporarily and often added excruciating pain to the patient's existing debilities.
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Participating in research may provide subjects with a purpose in life or a new point of reference that helps preserve an identity that is being lost to a progressivedebility.
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This miserable kind of creepingdebilitywould get worse.
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While certain illnesses, such as "depression", "anxiety", "generaldebility"and even"stress"may be indicated on certificates, it is not possible to determine levels of"work-related stress".
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Her mental condition had been due to her generaldebilityand toxaemia from the pneumonia.
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Is it now submitted that his generaldebility, his blood pressure, etc.
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Does it refer to venereal disease, ordebility?
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He had to go before another board, and he was spun in respect of generaldebility.
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You must begin early; the germs of physical weakness,debilityand destitution are sown early in the child.
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This man was awarded 20 per cent fordebility.
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