supervene

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This will go on for months, or even for years, and recoveries occasionally take place, while in other cases, and especially when the conditions of life are bad, acute glanders supervene.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Great cleanliness must be observed; the diet should be reduced; and every precaution taken against the inflammation, which is sure to supervene.

From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Jennings, Robert

But such Convulsions as supervene, either when Eruption having already occurred, suddenly retreats, or strikes in, according to the common Phrase; or during the Course of the Fever of Suppuration, are greatly more terrifying.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)

Both the age of puberty and that of the menopause may supervene earlier or later according to local conditions.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various

This is in correspondence with what occurs in other septic diseases, and accounts for the albuminuria and interstitial nephritis which often supervene in the advanced stages.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various