recumbency

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A. Normal recumbency on the table with pillow supporting the head.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

Sayre, too, by his suspension treatment and the plaster-of-Paris jacket, set the hunchback on his feet at a stage in his disease in which before he had been forced to prolonged and painful recumbency.

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents by Lord, John

Even in cases of enforced recumbency, he ofttimes takes advantage of the first opportunity and gets upon his feet, doggedly remaining there until again laid upon his side.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

He suffered himself to be pushed into recumbency on the couch, and put his head with docility on the pillow she brought from the spare room.

From The Damnation of Theron Ware by Frederic, Harold

As to enforced recumbency I doubt the propriety of insisting on it in the majority of cases, for I think the patient usually assumes whatever position gives most comfort.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.