phthisical

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It's likely to, where there is the least phthisical tendency.

From The Fruit of the Tree by Kimball, Alonzo

He was fond of telling how his phthisical tendencies gained him the appointment.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various

Malta is a famous resort for phthisical patients, although during the winter and spring the weather is cold and variable, and in autumn the sirocco is frequent.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 444 Volume 18, New Series, July 3, 1852 by Chambers, William

Dr. Currie of Liverpool not only confirmed this observation frequently on himself, when he was also phthisical, but found that equitation had a similar effect on him, uniformly retarding his pulse.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

In the convalescence, the lungs were affected, he coughed, and in expectoration raised great quantities of phlegm, and really resembled a phthisical patient.

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