infirmary
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A sort of community in miniature emerged, with security and scavenger teams and plumbers and one lone doctor running an overpacked infirmary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
Levi was too sick and Soviet troops found him close to death in the camp infirmary.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2025
For the jail’s infirmary, there are options including adding new steel-braced frames.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2024
Guests are encouraged to rummage about the infirmary, taxidermist’s place, padded room, libraries, apothecaries, laundry and even a detective agency.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2023
Actually, being in the infirmary was not bad at all: we were entitled to good bread, a thicker soup.
From "Night" by Elie Wiesel
Hospitals’ infirmaries are facing greatest demand at the moment, and no longer their intensive-care units as occurred last year, according to Alberto Chebabo, the vice-president of the Brazilian society of infectious disease specialists.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2022
The injured were diverted to workhouse infirmaries to be treated after Swansea General Hospital was bombed.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2021
The tide overwhelmed camp hospitals, relief organizations built temporary infirmaries, and the Army converted barracks to house battalions of sickened men.
From Slate ● May 16, 2020
Cruise infirmaries can handle only basic emergencies, and modern medical facilities are often hundreds or thousands of miles away.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 2, 2020
That is a piece of luck, the Catholic infirmaries are noted for their good treatment and good food.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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