Project Gutenberg 2024-08-14 Public domain in the USA. 190 Martineau, Harriet 1802 1876 Invalid Invalid, An 15003745 Life in the sick-room : $b Essays Second edition $aLondon :$bEdward Moxon, $c1844. The transient and the permanent in the sick-room -- Sympathy to the invalid -- Nature to the invalid -- Life to the invalid -- Death to the invalid -- Temper -- Becoming inured -- Power of ideas in the sick-room -- Some perils and pains of invalidism -- Some gains and sweets of invalidism. Charlene Taylor, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Life in the Sick-Room: Essays" by Harriet Martineau is a collection of essays written in the mid-19th century. The essays are reflections on the experiences of being an invalid and dealing with long-term illness. Through her writing, Martineau delves into themes of suffering, the nature of sympathy, the importance of one's environment, and the insights gained from experiencing sickness, making it a profound exploration of life from the perspective of an invalid. The opening of the work introduces the reader to the author's thoughts on the impermanence of pain in contrast to the lasting nature of good. Martineau discusses her personal journey through illness, emphasizing the emotional and spiritual insights gained during her suffering. She reflects on how illness alters one's perspective on life and reveals a deeper understanding of human sympathy, connection, and the beauty of nature, which becomes vital for the healing spirit. Her candid conversations with the reader serve as both a personal narrative and an invitation for fellow sufferers to connect and find solace in shared experience. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/lifeinsickroom00mart/page/n13/mode/2up 20220204220759invalid 1844 GB Reading ease score: 58.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Conduct of life Sick BJ Text Category: Biographies Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: Health & Medicine 344382 2025-06-29T09:51:49.209426 text/html 321115 2025-02-08T06:10:50 text/html 372290 2025-06-29T09:51:54.147398 application/epub+zip 375830 2025-06-29T09:51:50.254443 application/epub+zip 195804 2025-06-29T09:51:49.728409 application/epub+zip 481728 2025-06-29T09:51:57.114354 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 449086 2025-06-29T09:51:53.639402 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 307945 2025-06-29T09:51:48.517442 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 283104 2025-02-08T06:10:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16412 2025-06-29T09:51:57.250342 application/rdf+xml 22408 2025-06-29T09:51:49.849401 image/jpeg 3808 2025-06-29T09:51:49.788388 image/jpeg 384241 2025-06-29T09:51:49.241399 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia