delirium tremens
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An autopsy later found that she had been experiencing delirium tremens caused by withdrawal from diazepam, an anti-anxiety medication that P.T.S. staff members said they were never informed she was taking.
From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2016
The book records a period of acute psychological and spiritual disorientation, delirium tremens, the near-destruction of a literary intelligence, starring Kerouac as Jack Duluoz, “bloody ‘King of the Beatniks.’”
From Slate • Jan. 15, 2013
An excellent English critic, Leslie Stephen, lately wrote: "Poe is a kind of Hawthorne and delirium tremens."
From A Study of Hawthorne by Lathrop, George Parsons
It is Wilkie Collins gone mad, Gaboriau in extremis, Du Boisgobey suffering from delirium tremens.
From The Crimson Blind by White, Fred M. (Fred Merrick)
There had been no evidence of delirium tremens, but apparently the doctor felt he had scored a point.
From Badge of Infamy by Del Rey, Lester
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