emaciation

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Emaciation progressively continued, although his appetite was normal.

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

Emaciation Diets.—Those containing a high percentage of fat-forming foods, such as milk, cream, eggs, cereals, potatoes, etc., olive oil.

From Dietetics for Nurses by Proudfit, Fairfax T.

Emaciation, clubbing of the fingers and toes, night sweats, hemoptysis, in fact all of the symptoms of tuberculosis are in most cases simulated with exactitude, even to the gain in weight by an out-door regime.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

Emaciation and anemia are inevitable in such cases.

From Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis by Jamison, Alcinous B. (Alcinous Burton)

Emaciation is often extreme in cases in which death has taken place after the third week, especially if they have been attended by much diarrhoea and fever.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various