singultus

The Ephemerides contains records of epilepsy in which blindness preceded the paroxysm, in which there was singing during it, and a case in which the paroxysm was attended with singultus.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

Parker reports four rebellious cases of singultus successfully treated by dry cups applied to the abdomen.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

Holston reports a case of chronic singultus of seven years' standing.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

Among the older medical writers Weber speaks of singultus lasting for five days; Tulpius, for twelve days; Eller and Schenck, for three months; Taranget, for eight months; and Bartholinus, for four years.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

There is another case related in the same journal of a man who died on the fourth day of an attack of singultus, probably due to abscess of the diaphragm, which no remedy would relieve.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle