palpitation
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Palpitation became more frequent and more violent, and then just as suddenly all this would stop again, as it happens sometimes with these insidious diseases which at intervals seem to entirely forget their victims.
From Renée Mauperin by Hallard, Alys
Palpitation, pain, or unusual sensations in the heart.
From Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity by McCarty, Louis Philippe
Palpitation of the heart comes from gas pressure.
From Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency by Alsaker, R. L.
The very same Cause, or Causes, which occasion these Swoonings, also frequently produce violent Palpitations, under the same Circumstances; the Palpitation often preceding or following the Deliquium, or Swooning.
From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)
The Palpitation of my Heart was inconceivable, could hardly fetch Breath, and was all over in a Sweat.
From The Travels and Adventures of James Massey by Patot, Simon Tyssot de
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