phthisical

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It was found in miliary tubercles of the lung, cerebral and intestinal tubercle, cheesy bronchitis and pneumonia, phthisical sputa, scrofulous glands, and fungous inflammation of the joints.

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

The subjects are generally women; they are mostly of that class of phthisical patients who have a quick intelligence, fine soft hair, and a sanguine temperament.

From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Anstie, Francis E.

What then of these child-martyrs of The Poor, who in addition to the strain of growth, are ill-fed, poisoned by unsuitable foods; are sickly, rickety, bronchitic, dyspeptic, syphilitic, phthisical?

From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella

He even went so far as to say that he thought the best food of the consumptive or the phthisical, as he called them, was milk and eggs.

From Health Through Will Power by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

He was fond of telling how his phthisical tendencies gained him the appointment.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various