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
In the acute form delirium tremens is the most common manifestation.
From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Robertson, W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison )
Trolls, with a touch of the delirium tremens, Neurotic neurospasts, puppets whose wires Are pulled by morbid dreams and mad desires; Not men and women 'midst our world's temptations, But fevered phantasy's bizarre creations.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, August 12th 1893 by Various
A Whitechapel "lady," suffering with a very violent form of delirium tremens, was lying screeching in a strait-jacket on the cushioned floor of the padded room.
From A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell by Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir
