prostration
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In severe forms of the disease the "Rest Cure" and feeding described under Nervous Prostration should be used.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson
Nervous Prostration is heroic treatment on the part of Nature.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 by Hubbard, Elbert
Prostration, Nervous.—The various articles under Nerves and Nervousness should be read.
From Papers on Health by Kirk, Edward Bruce
Prostration following severe shock was what the doctor called it, but it looked to me more like a touch of brain fever.
From The Tidal Wave and Other Stories by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
Prostration may be great, according to the violence and duration of the attack.
From Dietetics for Nurses by Proudfit, Fairfax T.
Vocabulary lists containing prostration
Dracula
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