phthisical

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I will do my best to make calamity of long life, by keeping the rheumatic and epileptic and phthisical alive, while I know how.

From Paul Faber, Surgeon by MacDonald, George

Dr. Currie of Liverpool not only confirmed this observation frequently on himself, when he was also phthisical, but found that equitation had a similar effect on him, uniformly retarding his pulse.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

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

From The Fruit of the Tree by Kimball, Alonzo

Hippocrates pointed out as one of the symptoms of consumption the spes phthisical or consumptive hope.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin

No bacilli have appeared in their sputum for the past three months, and their phthisical symptoms have gradually and completely disappeared.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 787, January 31, 1891 by Various