| I replied by giving him a full, complete, and accurate history of my ailments, after the manner of valetudinarians. |
| The English people are a nation of valetudinarians, but there is not sufficient nutriment in their food, which seems to consist mainly of chilled meat. |
| A trickle of visitors soon turned to a flood and the Silesian peasant was, by the beginning of the 1840s, personally ministering to hundreds of valetudinarians a year. |
| The number of valetudinarians continued to decrease and the Spa House became in time the headquarters of the roistering Rakes of Mallow. |
| The wonder is that valetudinarians have not more frequently availed themselves of the advantages it offers, instead of having recourse to watering-places. |
