phthisis

She calls for a doctor who diagnoses Ida with phthisis.

When a case if phthisis occurs in one of these houses, isolation is impossible.

Ida is diagnosed with phthisis and it eventually claims her life.

In 1899, at age 40, Edward died of an illness his doctor called "phthisis", probably tuberculosis.

Hippocrates and many other at the time believed phthisis to be hereditary in nature.

He had previously published several papers on the pulse and the use of certain remedies in phthisis.

X-rays were used to diagnose bone fractures, heart disease, and phthisis.

He had bad phthisis and was sent to Davos.

Vichitravirya was affected with phthisis (tuberculosis) and died soon after.

His studied included the epidemiology of phthisis and measles.

This work, and a monograph on laryngeal phthisis, led to his early recognition in Paris.

Phthisis retires for the time being, then returns.

He died of pulmonary phthisis in Chennai in 1892.

Her father had died, aged 68, of pneumonic phthisis.

His most famous research was his efforts to use diethyl ether in the treatment of phthisis.

The term phthisis first appeared in Greek literature around 460 BC.

We get a bit of miners phthisis, Twenty-man-jones admitted.

For some months previous to my becoming acquainted with him, his physicians had declared him in a confirmed phthisis.

My patient died at sea and we buried him up there by St Philip's: poor fellow, he was in the last stages of phthisis.

In Morton's time, this wasting disease was termed consumption, or by its Greek name of phthisis.

Early in the 20th century, it was sometimes used in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis or phthisis.

He observes the symptoms, and concludes, according to the best of his judgement, that it is a case of phthisis.

The elder woman gave the family history, father and mother had died of phthisis, a brother and a sister, these two were the only ones left.

The term was formerly applied to many wasting diseases, but is now usually restricted to pulmonary phthisis, or consumption.

But of all diseases they are especially prone to chest-disease, to pneumonia, phthisis, bronchitis, and asthma.