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One who suffers.

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One who is afflicted.

The chief sufferers were the inhabitants of the coasts of Sicily, Naples and Spain.

He also advocated the Freedmen's Bureau bills and the Tenure of Office Act, and went beyond Congress in favouring the confiscation of the property of the Confederate States and "of the real estate of 70,000 rebels who own above 200 acres each, together with the lands of their several states," for the benefit of the freedmen and loyal whites and to reimburse, it was said, the sufferers from Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania, during which Stevens's own ironworks at Chambersburg had been destroyed.

Ihe revolt was reduced by presents to the chiefs of the insurgents, md Mehemet Ali ordered that the sufferers by the disturbances;hould receive compensation from the treasury.

She regularly took her place in the operation-room, to hearten the sufferers by her presence and sympathy, and at night she would make her solitary round of the wards, lamp in hand, stopping here and there to speak a kindly word to some patient.

Among many other sufferers Imam Kuli Khan, conqueror of Lar and Hormuz, the son of one of Abbass most famous generals, founder of a college at Shiraz, and otherwise a public benefactor, fell a victim tO his savage cruelty.

Some sufferers from constipation find that they get greater relief from salts dissolved in water, or from natural aperient water taken on rising in the morning, and others again find that the best way of opening the bowels is to inject one or two drachms of glycerine into the rectum, or use it as a suppository.

The Karroo is admirably adapted to sufferers from pulmonary complaints.

Christy took an earnest part in many philanthropic movements of his time, especially identifying himself with the efforts to relieve the sufferers from the Irish famine of 1847.

Foxe based his accounts of the martyrs partly on authentic documents and reports of the trials, and on statements received direct from the friends of the sufferers, but he was too hasty a worker and too violent a partisan to produce anything like a correct or impartial account of the mass of facts with which he had to deal.

None could be procured; the public passion swept everything before it; the patent was cancelled; Wood was compensated by a pension; Swift was raised to a height of popularity which he retained for the rest of his life; and the only real sufferers were the Irish people, who lost a convenience so badly needed that they might well have afforded to connive at Wood's illicit profits.

Printed in tens of thousands of copies are certain apocalyptic legends dealing with eschatological problems. The ancient Apocalypse of Peter appears here under the name of Paul, then there is an Apocalypse of the Virgin Mary, who, like Peter, is carried by the Archangel through the torments of Hell and the bliss of Paradise, and through whose intervention sufferers are granted pardon on certain days of the year.

His knowledge of the Bible was such that he might have been called a living concordance; and on the margin of his copy of the Book of Martyrs are still legible the ill-spelt lines of doggerel in which he expressed his reverence for the brave sufferers, and his implacable enmity to the mystical Babylon.

Among the worst sufferers were a colony of freed Hottentots who, in 1829, had been settled in the Kat river valley by the British authorities.

Disagreements and disputes were continual, and the easy expedient of rewarding the officials of the Curia and increasing the papal revenue by "reserving" more and more benefices was met by repeated protests, such as that of the bishops and barons of England (the chief sufferers), headed by Robert Grosseteste of Lincoln, at the council of Lyons in 1245.2 The subject, indeed, frequently became one of national interest, on account of the alarming amount of specie which was thus drained away, and hence numerous enactments exist in regard to it by the various national governments.

During the famine which began in the winter of 1739 one-fifth of the population is supposed to have perished; yet it is hardly noticed in literature, and seems not to have touched the conscience of that English public which in 1755 subscribed £roo,000 for the sufferers by the Lisbon earthquake.

Justina and her son fled; but Ambrose remained at his post, and did good service to many of the sufferers by causing the plate of the church to be melted for their relief.

Test at the 5% level whether the data provides significant evidence that sufferers of exercise-induced asthma have reduced forced vital capacity.

For example, asthma sufferers can become breathless carrying heavy things or climbing stairs.

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Inhaling the steam is also said to help sufferers of bronchial catarrh.

Lymphoedema sufferers were prone to the skin infection cellulitis, for which they had to be monitored.

Glucosamine can also reverse joint degeneration in osteoarthritis sufferers.

Pigment dispersion glaucoma affects 1-2% of glaucoma sufferers.

Withdrawal results in a migraine-like headache which has led sufferers to treat with further doses, developing a particular syndrome of chronic ergot intoxication.

As the smoker has become a pariah, sufferers from lung cancer have become the lepers of the twenty-first century.

Eye care for leprosy Patients Most of these after care leprosy sufferers live in colonies with their families.

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Grass pollen affects about 95% of all hay fever sufferers and birch tree pollen affects about 20% .

For both gas sufferers and those near and dear to them, this passive control device offers a win-win proposition.

Sufferers often relive their traumatic experience through nightmares and flashbacks.

The waters are said to aid sufferers of chronic rheumatism and arthritis as well as gynecological problems.

Sufferers are often at the mercy of telephone salespersons, magazine articles and junk mail.

Cholestyramine can help the small proportion of IBS sufferers who have diarrhea secondary to impaired handling of bile salts within the gut.

He established the first tuberculosis sanatorium in Scotland and provided a home for epileptic sufferers.

However, eliminating solanine from the diet has been reported to bring relief to some arthritis sufferers in preliminary research.

It starts to affect sufferers between 30 and 55 years old and causes sudden movements, slurred speech and memory lapses.

Studies support Prelief's efficiency in reducing bladder pain and urinary urgency when used in the diets of interstitial cystitis (IC) sufferers.

During the pope's absence in Paris, at the coronation of Napoleon, Consalvi remained as virtual sovereign in Rome; and his regency was rendered remarkable by a great inundation, caused by the overflow of the Tiber, during which he exposed himself with heroic humanity for the preservation of the sufferers.

During the cholera epidemic at Naples and Busca in 1884, and the Ischia earthquake of 1885, he, regardless of danger, brought relief and encouragement to sufferers, and rescued many lives.

In April 1906 an eruption of Mount Etna caused the destruction of several villages and much loss of life and damage to property; in appointinga committee to distribute the relief funds the premier refused to include any of the deputies of the devastated districts among its members, and when asked by them for the reason of this omission, he replied, with a frankness more characteristic of the man than politic, that he knew they would prove more solicitous in the distribution of relief for their own electors than for the real sufferers.

All the sufferers, however, were wise enough to abstain from talking about their beatings, except Osborne, the most rapacious and brutal of booksellers, who proclaimed everywhere that he had been knocked down by the huge fellow whom he had hired to puff the Harleian Library.

Sufferers of chronic fatigue syndrome appear to potentially react negatively to abnormal exercise.

Typically perennial rhinitis sufferers display symptoms when they wake up in the morning, which improve as the day goes on.

Asperger syndrome sufferers are said to be at the higher end of the intelligence scale.

The Inca Trail is not for the weak hearted or vertigo sufferers !

Some also offer support to vitiligo sufferers and their families, as well as providing information about the disorder.

This type of vacuum has been recommended for allergy sufferers, because allergens are less likely to escape from the bag.

The humidity seems to add to the congestion asthma sufferers experience, and all of that fabulous flora may actually trigger allergic reactions as well.

At any rate, the breed is probably suitable for mild allergy sufferers, and moderate allergy sufferers can probably counteract some of their allergic reaction with frequent vacuuming as well as grooming their cat with pet wipes.

Although some cat breeds produce less irritation in allergy sufferers, some people are more sensitive than others to the protein these animals produce.