supervene

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But he left the house holding a very strong belief that meningitis would supervene.

From A Soldier's Son by Butler, Maude M.

That the young woman had expensive tastes he did not suppose, and he had great and not ungrounded confidence in his own power of repression of any taste not to his mind, should any supervene.

From Mariquita A Novel by Ayscough, John

According to Murchison, paralysis does not supervene until several weeks after the commencement of convalescence.

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

When the attack is more severe hypostatic congestion is very likely to supervene.

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

Muscular paralyses, hemiplegic and paraplegic attacks, albuminuria, diarrhoea, and the inflammations of chronic type affecting the thoracic organs may each supervene, and either greatly prolong convalescence or precipitate a fatal issue.

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