They were sent to women who were housebound due to illness or childbirth. Pyxes are typically used to bring communion to the sick or housebound. While suffering from arthritis and housebound, he focused on photographing his surroundings. In the final years of her life Schurman was housebound due to severe rheumatism. Bloom developed chronic fatigue syndrome in 1988, which left him housebound. His album, "The Housebound Spirit", was a response to being mugged outside his London studio. These two problems can lead to people becoming housebound for long periods of time. The Maggid was housebound because of his poor physical condition. While she is housebound Jorge del Pino courts her and persuades her to marry him. He died in 1894 after being housebound for several years. Instead, he spent the next few years largely housebound. In 1919, Chicago's south side race riots rendered his family housebound for over six days. "Second Draft" (Housebound Productions), and "Anniversary" (Michael Neild).