phthisical

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I will continue the research by careful weighings of early cases; and will further endeavor to ascertain whether the addition of mullein to the cultivating solution prevents the propagation of the phthisical bacillus.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 by Various

It's likely to, where there is the least phthisical tendency.

From The Fruit of the Tree by Kimball, Alonzo

My dear fellow, you're a phthisical subject—not to mince matters.

From A Sheaf of Corn by Mann, Mary E.

In the convalescence, the lungs were affected, he coughed, and in expectoration raised great quantities of phlegm, and really resembled a phthisical patient.

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

Persons who have a marked predisposition to the disease had best not come in close contact with the phthisical.

From Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity by McCarty, Louis Philippe