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pest house

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pest house
n.
A hospital for patients affected with plague or other infectious disease.
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Charlestown, South Carolina, built a pest house on Sullivan's Island prior to 1752 and in 1743 Philadelphia built a pest house on Fisher's Island.
The formation of the American hospital before the twentieth century: ... by Brownson, Kenneth C. / AMT Events
Giovan Thomasio de Porcellis, summarizing his own experience within a pest house in Zaragosa, was first to offer "information," and Ingrassia cited his book.
Informatione del pestifero et contagioso morbo by Carmichael, Ann G. / Renaissance Quarterly
These letters reached Coleridge at the pest house at Henley-on-Thames on 6th February 1794.
Coleridge in the cavalry by Woodall, Robert / Contemporary Review
 
 
 
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