sickness

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Jeanne Abrams is professor emerita at the University of Denver and author of “Revolutionary Medicine: The Founding Fathers and Mothers in Sickness and in Health.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Sickness spreads, often directly through viruses or indirectly by depleting family resources, putting stress on people that degrades their health.

From Salon • May 27, 2025

Sickness was seen less as a fixed set of symptoms ruled by purely biological factors in a body, and more as a response to a stressful environment.

From Slate • May 26, 2024

Sickness was thought to be a consequence of the immune system kicking into action.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2024

I ask Dad what afflicted means and he says, Sickness, son, and things that don’t fit.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt