| They were so undernourished that they easily became ill from consumption, fevers, pestilence, and a variety of other disorders. |
| It is as if each pestilence required its own accountant who is spared in order to put down the death roll of the community. |
| Despite such reassurances, once the Pandora's box of the recall motion has been opened, there is no telling what pestilence will result. |
| The pestilences and plagues of the 14th century had bred an inordinate fear of death, which led to the exploitation of simple people by a church that was, in effect, offering salvation for sale. |
| The physician's challenge is the curing of disease, educating the people in the laws of health, and preventing the spread of plagues and pestilences. |
| The great relisher of London's dark crevices now can't stop mentioning his wife Anna, his beloved companion through decades of burglaries and rat infestations and other pestilences. |
