Word: chronic
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...they finish, Fr. Benedict, the priest of the band, enters with his usual chronic cough, which can only be appeased by a finger or so of rum and no water. He is noted for his power as a singer, and he favors the pirates with the song of the Rover...
...principals entered so thoroughly into the spirit of their parts that it would be hard to say who did the best. The acting of E. G. Merrill as Venus and W. K. Brice as Pluto was perhaps the most finished, while that of J. Purdon, as Cupid, the "chronic infant" was the most amusing. C. M. Flandrau, as Mrs. Ceres, I. S. Adams, as Proserpina, and W. Ames, as Exemplicus, also acted their parts excellently...
...many friends of W. B. Smith, 1st year L. S., will be pained to hear of his death at the Massachusetts General Hospital last Saturday evening. Mr. Smith contracted the prevailing "grip," which attacked a chronic weakness and necessitated an operation; the shock was too great and death resulted. Mr. Smith's brother arrived on Friday night and will take the body to Pittsburg Pa. The deceased was one of the ablest men in the first year L. S., and a member of the Langdell Law Club. During his short residence in Cambridge Mr. Smith had impressed those who came...
Professor Joseph Lovering died at four o'clock yesterday morning, at his home on Kirkland Street, Cambridge. He had been ill for ten days with chronic bronchitis...