palpitation

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Palpitation and dyspnœa soon entirely left me; I began to walk up and down hills without difficulty, and a more general and buoyant sense of security and well-being has come to stay.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock

It soothes the weary achings of Consumption, relieves the Soreness of the Chest, Cough, and Expectoration; and cures all Chest Affections, such as Asthma, Bronchitis, Palpitation, etc.

From A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes by Francatelli, Charles Elmé

Palpitation of the heart, frequently occurring, denotes a condition of nervous disturbance which has some powerful cause, and which may often be found to be the vice in question.

From Plain Facts for Old and Young by Kellogg, John Harvey

The very same Cause, or Causes, which occasion these Swoonings, also frequently produce violent Palpitations, under the same Circumstances; the Palpitation often preceding or following the Deliquium, or Swooning.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)

Palpitation often arises from indigestion, in which case see Indigestion.

From Papers on Health by Kirk, Edward Bruce