Then, as she started to rise from the table, Azalea Adair fainted and fell to the floor.

VOA: special.2009.01.17

I fainted and woke many hours later on pieces of my microscope.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

I had fallen on it when I fainted.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

Margaret Smith, a leader in Washington society at that time, wrote a letter describing the scene: Ladies fainted, men were seen with bloody noses and such a scene of confusion took place as is impossible to describe - those who got in could not get out by the door again, but had to scramble out of windows.

VOA: special.2009.01.19