softening of the brain
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The death rate is 89.4 per 100,000, substantially that of nephritis, 90.1, and cerebral hemorrhage and softening of the brain, 90.4; all diseases of middle and advanced age.
From Time Magazine Archive
He dutifully went under canvas with his pugnacious battalion, but he was pretty much of a failure, declined into rose pruning, and died after a sad "softening of the brain."
From Time Magazine Archive
All had softening of the brain, all were paralytic.
From Time Magazine Archive
He excuses Solomon for all his crimes upon the supposition that he had softening of the brain, or a fatty degeneration of the heart.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Ingersoll, Robert Green
She had a long illness, resulting from a shock of apoplexy which partially paralyzed her and ended in softening of the brain.
From The Story of the Toys by Dodge, Mary Harris Toy
