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In this situation, if he saw the patient within 12 or 24 hours of her seizure, he took away from 16 to 24 ounces of blood, which was always sizy.

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

Very soon after impregnation, if blood be drawn and suffered to stand a short time undisturbed, it will become sizy, of a yellowish or bluish color, and somewhat of an oily appearance.

From Fruits of Philosophy A Treatise on the Population Question by Knowlton, Charles

It must be observed, that Bleeding very much conduces to the Cure of obstinate Chronic Rheumatisms, must be repeated at proper intervals if necessary; the Blood in this Disease being generally very sizy.

From An Account of the Extraordinary Medicinal Fluid, called Aether. by Turner, Matthew

In more than two hundred patients, male and female, who were let blood by venesection, there were only six whose blood could be termed sizy.

From Observations on Madness and Melancholy Including Practical Remarks on those Diseases together with Cases and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection by Haslam, John

Next Day, the 21st, her Blood appeared very sizy, and she complained of having been costive for some Days.

From An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany by Monro, Donald