singultus

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The Ephemerides contains records of epilepsy in which blindness preceded the paroxysm, in which there was singing during it, and a case in which the paroxysm was attended with singultus.

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

Cowan speaks of a shoemaker of twenty-two who experienced an attack of constant singultus for a week, and then intermittent attacks for six years.

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)

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