singultus

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Hiis auditis, risus in luctum, gaudium in lamenta, iubilus in singultus flebiliter conuertuntur, totaque regia ululatibus personuit et meroribus.

From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by Chambers, R. W.

The lips were dry, the tongue markedly coated; _foetor ex ore _was present; painful eructations were frequent, also singultus, complete anorexia and extreme thirst.

From Appendicitis by Tilden, John Henry

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

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

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

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

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 Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)