| 单词 | pock house |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspock house pock house n. U.S.(now rare and historical) a hospital for people with smallpox. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > hospital or infirmary > smallpox hospital pock house1820 1820 in Sunday Record (Middletown, N.Y.) (1976) 4 July 60 b/2 He kept these houses two years, after which inoculation was admitted into private families, and pock-houses were considered no longer necessary. 1879 A. P. Marvin Hist. Lancaster 364 Dr. Israel Atherton..exposed himself to the hazard of disease and death..by setting up a ‘pock house’ or, ‘pest house’, as the hospital for inoculated patients was vulgarly termed. 1902 Med. News 21 June 1165/2 There were no hospitals, except pock-houses, and practically no medical organization. < as lemmas |
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