1 The doctor recommended silence, and that all painful emotions should be avoided; he prescribed an infusion of pure chinchona, and, in case the fever should increase again during the night, a calming potion.
Les Misérables (V1) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VI—SISTER SIMPLICE PUT TO THE PROOF 2 Sister Simplice, who had been watching with her, availed herself of this slumber to go and prepare a new potion of chinchona.
Les Misérables (V1) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER I—IN WHAT MIRROR M. MADELEINE CONTEMPLATES HIS HA... 3 This Restaurant Rousseau, where so few bottles and so many water carafes were emptied, was a calming potion rather than a restaurant.
Les Misérables (V3) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER II—MARIUS POOR 4 One evening, the doctor had ordered a very expensive potion.
Les Misérables (V4) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 9: CHAPTER III—M. MABEUF 5 The hideous potion of absinthe-porter and alcohol had thrown him into a lethargy.
Les Misérables (V5) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXIII—ORESTES FASTING AND PYLADES DRUNK 6 Hugo demanded a potion to make Zara adore him, and one to destroy Roderigo.