softening of the brain
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The death rate is 89.4 per 100,000, substantially that of nephritis, 90.1, and cerebral hemorrhage and softening of the brain, 90.4; all diseases of middle and advanced age.
From Time Magazine Archive
He dutifully went under canvas with his pugnacious battalion, but he was pretty much of a failure, declined into rose pruning, and died after a sad "softening of the brain."
From Time Magazine Archive
All had softening of the brain, all were paralytic.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Are you afraid of softening of the brain?" he asked in a tone of concern.
From Told In The Hills by Ryan, Marah Ellis
"Well," said the other, "you needn't waste your time any longer; softening of the brain doesn't run in Robert's family."
From Men, Women, and Gods And Other Lectures by Gardener, Helen H. (Helen Hamilton)
