rachitic

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A sequence of rachitic little drawings by Tracey Emin – whose monoprints are so ubiquitous as to have become museum wallpaper – cannot compete with those of her heroine, Louise Bourgeois.

From The Guardian • Dec. 23, 2012

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was small, rachitic, poor and struggling.

From Time Magazine Archive

U.N. experts figured that it would need at least $450 million to care for an estimated 20 million semi-starved and rachitic waifs for a year.

From Time Magazine Archive

The passengers were part of a scarred, frustrated and endlessly complaining tribe �the 300,000 New York commuters who daily ride the rachitic, mismanaged Long Island Rail Road.

From Time Magazine Archive

The hardening of the bones is delayed, the development of the skeleton in general is restricted, and deformities of the legs and spinal column are frequent, in addition to the usual rachitic affections. 

From The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 by Kelley, Florence