sick berth
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With these departmental chiefs came their respective staffs of warrant officers, petty officers, wireless operators, engine-room artificers, motor mechanics, shipwrights, carpenters, smiths, naval police, signalmen, storekeepers, sick berth attendants and parties of seamen.
From Submarine Warfare of To-day How the Submarine Menace was Met and Vanquished, With Descriptions of the Inventions and Devices Used, Fast Boats, Mystery Ships by Domville-Fife, Charles W. (Charles William)
Will, with the greatest difficulty, restrained his feelings till he reached the sick berth, and then he threw himself into a hammock and burst into tears.
From By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson by Rainey, W. (William)
They are in ill health, and one or two should be lying up in a sick berth, instead of being sworn at left and right for not moving quicker.
From Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \"Big Fish,\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. by Gilson, Charles
I managed to get on board to the sick berth, and after the steward's treatment it ceased bleeding.
From From Lower Deck to Pulpit by Cowling, Henry
There was no sick berth attendant, but the lieutenant told off “a little cabin-boy” for his use.
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 by Whymper, Frederick