chin-cough

Take care would the madness catch on to ourselves the same as the chin-cough or the pock.

New Irish Comedies Lady Gregory 1892

_Hazel: _ You had the chin-cough passed and you rising.

New Irish Comedies Lady Gregory 1892

Our neighbour Mrs Grassie, a widow woman, unco intimate with our wife, and very attentive to Benjie when he had the chin-cough, had a far-away cousin of the name of Glen, that held out among the howes of the

The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself David Macbeth Moir 1824

At which time I had the pleasure of seeing Dr. McCorkle2 but could not get time enough to write a letter to you -- This morning I heard from Mrs. Hogan that your family was well except Heriot who is ill with the chin-cough -- I would have been very happy in receiving a few lines by her.

The Harris Letters 1800

It may in this respect be compared to the ulcers in the pulmonary consumption; but it differs in this, that in chin-cough some branches of the bronchia heal, as others become inflamed.

Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766

The chin-cough seems to resemble the gonorrhoea venerea in several circumstances.

Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766

A peripneumony frequently occurs in the chin-cough, and destroys the patient, except immediate recourse be had to the lancet, or to four or five leeches; when blood cannot be otherwise taken.

Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766

At this time also change of air is of material consequence, and often removes the cough like a charm, as mentioned in a similar situation at the end of the chin-cough.

Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766

Epidemical difeafes feldom make their appearance, excepting flfteafles, fmaU-pox, and chin-cough.

The statistical account of Scotland. Drawn up from the communications of the ministers of the different parishes 1791

"In Staffordshire, it is commonly said, if you want to cure chin-cough, take out the child and let it look at the new moon; lift up its clothes and rub your right hand up and down its stomach, and repeat the following lines (looking steadfastly at the moon, and rubbing at the same time): --

Moon Lore Timothy Harley