taking the cure
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Hearing the news as he was taking the cure at Hot Springs, lusty old General John J. Pershing, straight as a ramrod at 80. chortled: "I'm very happy to be a grandfather."
From Time Magazine Archive
August: The Premier in his character of Worker, Driver, Leader recuperated in the grand manner by taking the cure at Vichy where go so many French, U. S. and British tycoons.
From Time Magazine Archive
He used to deliver the laundry which his mother did for people who were taking the cure at neighboring French Lick.
From Time Magazine Archive
This paper describes some of the arrangements for outdoor sleeping which may be provided for a patient taking the "cure" at home.
From Nurses' Papers on Tuberculosis : read before the Nurses' Study Circle of the Dispensary Department, Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium by Various
His mission was as follows: Every year, at this season, the Chancellor of the German Empire was taking the cure at the nearby Kissingen Baths.
From The Goose Man by Porterfield, Allen Wilson
