apoplexia

On a nostalgic note, it'd be nice if Joseph Kennedy filled the post, if for no other reason than to keep the "Birther Righties" in their constant state of schizophrenia-induced apoplexia.

Massachusetts AG takes steps to run for Kennedy's seat 2009

“Marry, then,” replied Dwining, “hang me the patient up in such fashion that the carotid arteries shall not be compressed, and the blood will not determine to the brain, and apoplexia will not take place; and again, if there be no ligature around the thorax, the lungs will be supplied with air, whether the man be hanging in the middle heaven or standing on the firm earth.”

The Fair Maid of Perth 2008

The idea that "chemical exposures" (vaccine related or otherwise) might cause autism still brings virtual apoplexia to certain scientific circles.

David Kirby: Autism May Be Caused By "Chemical Exposures" 2008

This suspension of the human body, which the vulgar call hanging, operates death by apoplexia — that is, the blood being unable to return to the heart by the compression of the veins, it rushes to the brain, and the man dies.

The Fair Maid of Perth 2008

Alcohol and alkaline and carbonated drinks must also be avoided in all nervous conditions that are combined with hyperaemia of the brain, as meningitis, apoplexia, tumors of the brain, etc., since they produce congestions.

Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration Louis Dechmann

Twenty-five years ago Holladay, who was then just working to the top in Wall Street, drove himself too hard -- it was when the market went all to pieces over that Central Pacific deal -- and had a touch of apoplexia.

The Holladay Case A Tale Burton Egbert Stevenson 1917

In ordinary cases of _apoplexia_, it is good practice to oppose this craving; though, as it is my firm opinion that nothing can save the patient's life, I do not set myself against the measure, in this particular case.

The Two Admirals James Fenimore Cooper 1820

This suspension of the human body, which the vulgar call hanging, operates death by apoplexia -- that is, the blood being unable to return to the heart by the compression of the veins, it rushes to the brain, and the man dies.

The Fair Maid of Perth St. Valentine's Day Walter Scott 1801

"Marry, then," replied Dwining, "hang me the patient up in such fashion that the carotid arteries shall not be compressed, and the blood will not determine to the brain, and apoplexia will not take place; and again, if there be no ligature around the thorax, the lungs will be supplied with air, whether the man be hanging in the middle heaven or standing on the firm earth."

The Fair Maid of Perth St. Valentine's Day Walter Scott 1801

Of course, had the tax problems been associated with a new Republican president, the advocacy / adversary media would mostly be dead, given the apoplexia that would've consumed them by now.

NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias 2009