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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2009In the service of the cure
Hello: Is this "In the service of the cure" an idiom, used about medical treatments? ------- ... Joachim was detained at thome in the service of the cure ... Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain, p. 390 ------- Thanks. Marius Hancu > Hello: > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain, p. 390 > ------- My first thought is curé, French clergyman. I vaguely recall that you ran into a similar problem in Madame Bovary. Does it make any sense here?  SignatureBest -- Donna Richoux > > Is this > > "In the service of the cure" [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > ran into a similar problem in Madame Bovary. Does it make any sense > here? Definitely not here. It occurs throughout the novel, and it's a about respecting/taking ones cure/treatment: -------- ... there is an attempt to interfere with - for a higher good - the patient's words in the service of the cure. Promises, Promises: Essays on Psychoanalysis and Literature by Adam Phillips ------- But perhaps she had failed in the service of the cure, perhaps hers was one of those cases in which the air proved in the first instance to be good not The Magic Mountain: Der Zauberberg - Page 297 by Thomas Mann, Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter ------- ... value of a careful attempt to extend interpretations even into areas where the gaining of insight is apparently very largely in the service of the cure. The International Journal of Psycho-analysis - Page 449 by Ernest Jones, Sigmund Freud, International Psycho-Analytical Association, Institute of Psycho-analysis (London, England), MetaPress (Online service) - Psychoanalysis - 1956 -------- Thanks. Marius Hancu >> > Is this >> > "In the service of the cure" [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] >(Online service) - Psychoanalysis - 1956 >-------- "In dedication to"; something a bit more committed than "in the interests of". It suggeststhat everything else is secondary to the pursuit of what the cure requires. SignatureKaty Jennison spamtrap: remove the first two letters after the @ > >> > Is this > >> > "In the service of the cure" > >> > an idiom, used about medical treatments? > "In dedication to"; something a bit more committed than "in the > interests of". It suggeststhat everything else is secondary to the > pursuit of what the cure requires. Looks good:-) Thank you. Marius Hancu >Hello: > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain, p. 390 >------- The translator really does have a problem expressing ideas in idiomatic English. "In the service of the cure" is not an English idiom known to me. "Service" seems to mean something like "application", and "cure" is medical treament/therapy. Joachim was confined to his home (while) receiving medical treatment. Or something like that. It reminds me of the the double-entendre "She was at home under the doctor". SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) On Jan 7, 7:48 am, "Peter Duncanson (BrE)" <m...@peterduncanson.net> wrote: > >------- > >... Joachim was detained at home in the service of the cure ... > > >Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain, p. 390 > >------- What the TB patients in this sanatorium really do is lay in the special reclinable chairs in their loggias, and expose themselves for hours to the presummed healthy effects of the mountain air. All that required a certain commitment and will on their behalf, thus I assume they were "in the service of the cure." Thanks. Marius Hancu > What the TB patients in this sanatorium really do is lay in the lie > special reclinable chairs in their loggias, and expose themselves for > hours to the presummed healthy effects of the mountain air. presumed > All that required a certain commitment and will on their behalf, thus > I assume they were "in the service of the cure." sorry. > On Jan 7, 7:48 am, "Peter Duncanson (BrE)" <m...@peterduncanson.net> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > All that required a certain commitment and will on their behalf, thus > I assume they were "in the service of the cure." I think that is exactly the case. The patient confines himself to the house, to the bed, to whatever situation or process of treatments (hot baths, steam baths, mud baths, teas and nostrums, drugs) the doctors recommend. This is all intended to be _his_ role in the cure. > > What the TB patients in this sanatorium really do is lay in the > > special reclinable chairs in their loggias, and expose themselves for [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > baths, steam baths, mud baths, teas and nostrums, drugs) the doctors > recommend. This is all intended to be _his_ role in the cure. Thanks for the confirmation. Marius Hancu |
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