phthisis
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Wall Streeters parochially felt that the Administration's encouraging words were calculated to alleviate the stock market's phthisis.
From Time Magazine Archive
In three cases in which I have employed it, the persons were affected with phthisis.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz
Pulmonary phthisis has been always considered to be, in a marked degree, a hereditary disease, until, latterly, the hypothesis of a tubercular virus has threatened to displace old views about it.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The hair becomes dry and lustreless in phthisis, and falls out during convalescence from many acute diseases.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Delirium is present in many acute disorders, and not infrequently at a late stage in pulmonary phthisis.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
