Unit 4: Selection Vocabulary 2

Every ten minutes or so her moaning would stop abruptly and she would vomit a foul black bile.

Hodge and Foulke told Rush about Catherine LeMaigre's symptoms and what they had done to help her.

The two other doctors agreed, and then all three recounted the symptoms they had seen.

Finally, the pulse grew weak, the tongue turned a dry brown, and the victim became depressed, confused, and delirious.

The idea that illness was caused by microscopic organisms, such as bacteria and viruses, was not known at the time.

“You are much more than a girl, let me assure you of that. You are older than Susannah there.”

Where there should have been an army of carpenters, masons, glaziers, plasterers, and painters, I saw only empty shells of buildings, already falling into disrepair after a few weeks of neglect.

“It is good you have each other,” said Mrs. Bowles in the same placid voice.

If you are determined to return home with your grandfather, then you must stay there until the fever abates.

If you like, you may choose to take employment at the orphanage. I’m sure the trustees would approve a small wage if you helped with the cleaning or minding the children.