singultus
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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 Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Among the older medical writers Weber speaks of singultus lasting for five days; Tulpius, for twelve days; Eller and Schenck, for three months; Taranget, for eight months; and Bartholinus, for four years.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Cowan speaks of a shoemaker of twenty-two who experienced an attack of constant singultus for a week, and then intermittent attacks for six years.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Parker reports four rebellious cases of singultus successfully treated by dry cups applied to the abdomen.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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 John Henry Tilden
