singultus

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Among the older medical writers Weber speaks of singultus lasting for five days; Tulpius, for twelve days; Eller and Schenck, for three months; Taranget, for eight months; and Bartholinus, for four years.

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

The lips were dry, the tongue markedly coated; _foetor ex ore _was present; painful eructations were frequent, also singultus, complete anorexia and extreme thirst.

From Appendicitis by Tilden, John Henry

There is another case related in the same journal of a man who died on the fourth day of an attack of singultus, probably due to abscess of the diaphragm, which no remedy would relieve.

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

Holston reports a case of chronic singultus of seven years' standing.

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

The Ephemerides mentions singultus as a cause of abortion.

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