dropsy

I have seen in dropsy, and in some fevers; but it is also observable, that many who have exerted much voluntary effort during their whole lives, have continued active to great age.

Note VII 1803

Jesus was on the watch as well, having noticed a man who had a condition known as dropsy.

Puzzlements & Predicaments of the Bible Linda Washington 2007

Jesus was on the watch as well, having noticed a man who had a condition known as dropsy.

Puzzlements & Predicaments of the Bible Linda Washington 2007

For sentiment is like another complaint mentioned by Horace, as increasing by self-indulgence (I am sorry to say, ladies, that the complaint in question is called the dropsy), and the more you cry, the more you will be able and desirous to do so.

The History of Pendennis 2006

If a man thus falls into sickness and cold, he is sometimes caught by dropsy, that is to say, he has an inclination towards the outward possession of earthly things.

The Adornment of the Spritual Marriage 1293-1381 1916

-- This condition, sometimes incorrectly called dropsy of the testicle, consists in an excessive accumulation of natural secretion within one of the coverings of the testicle.

Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life. 1877

The cedar berry is used in a popular remedy for dropsy, which is claimed by some to be highly efficacious.

Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs 1863

I will give one remarkable cure of dropsy, which is recorded by different writers among the whites.

The Cherokee Physician, or Indian Guide to Health, as Given by Richard Foreman, a Cherokee Doctor; Comprising a Brief View of Anatomy, With General Rules for Preserving Health without the Use of Medicines. The Diseases of the U. States, with Their Symptoms, Causes, and Means of Prevention, are Treated on in a Satisfactory Manner. It Also Contains a Description of a Variety of Herbs and Roots, Many of which are not Explained in Any Other Book, and their Medical Virtues have Hitherto been Unknown to the Whites; To which is Added a Short Dispensatory. Richard Foreman 1849

Scarlet fever dropsy, which is really a _formidable disease, generally arises from, the carelessness, the ignorance, and the thoughtlessness of parents in allowing a child to leave the house before the new skin be properly formed and hardened.

Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children Pye Henry Chavasse 1844

For sentiment is like another complaint mentioned by Horace, as increasing by self-indulgence (I am sorry to say, ladies, that the complaint in question is called the dropsy), and the more you cry, the more you will be able and desirous to do so.

The History of Pendennis William Makepeace Thackeray 1837