Medicines

Examples

• In the midst of this, Rachael returned; and with her party there was a surgeon, who brought some wine and medicines. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Remember that cleanliness, sobriety, and even good-humour and benevolence, are our best medicines. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Then she ought to take medicines that would reduce--reduce the disease, you know, if you are right, my dear. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I think she's a-injurin' herself gradivally vith too much o' that 'ere pine-apple rum, and other strong medicines of the same natur. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He would take his broths and medicines from scarcely any other hand. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• It is well enough for parents to recognize this fact in administering medicines to their children. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Chemical History of Medicines. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Impious and false things has he said even of the virtues of our medicines, as if they were the devices of Satan--The Lord rebuke him! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Nearly all patent medicines contain some alcohol, and in many, the quantity of alcohol is far in excess of that found in the strongest wines. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Where can all the strength of those medicines go, my dear? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• She called Adrian; my couch was quickly surrounded by friends and assistants, and such medicines as were judged fitting were administered. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• His medicines had failed;the fever was unabated; and Marianne only more quietnot more herselfremained in a heavy stupor. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Because, I said, our rulers will often have to practise upon the body corporate with medicines. Plato. The Republic.
• The poor creatures were packed on the ships often with insufficient provision of food and water, without proper sanitation, without medicines. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• A stranger was administering her medicines--a stranger from the country--an odious Miss . William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• In medicines a great array of compounds has been produced, such as antipyrin, the fever remedy, by Knorr (Pat. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• If I had wanted to use anything save narcotic medicines that were poisons in themselves, I would not have administered any of those. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Medicines and food were left for the Confederate wounded and sick who had to be left behind. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I repeated the medicines I had given her, and I sat at the side of the bed until the night was far advanced. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• I should say she ought to take drying medicines, shouldn't you? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• You should be more careful not to offend people, and you should send out medicines as the others do. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• He has speculated some in cholera and railroads, and has taken almost a lively interest in infernal machines and patent medicines. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• There are no medicines to be obtained in this lonely place. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.

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