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Delirium tremens, which is a syndrome of impaired consciousness, hallucinations, and fluctuating blood pressure and pulse caused by withdrawal from alcohol or other CNS depressants, has a very high mortality rate.
Helping the Addict You Love M.D. Laurence M. Westreich 2007
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Delirium tremens, which is a syndrome of impaired consciousness, hallucinations, and fluctuating blood pressure and pulse caused by withdrawal from alcohol or other CNS depressants, has a very high mortality rate.
Helping the Addict You Love M.D. Laurence M. Westreich 2007
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Delirium tremens, which is a syndrome of impaired consciousness, hallucinations, and fluctuating blood pressure and pulse caused by withdrawal from alcohol or other CNS depressants, has a very high mortality rate.
Helping the Addict You Love M.D. Laurence M. Westreich 2007
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I'm not talking of delirium tremens, which is a symptom rather than a disease, but of alcoholic poisoning.
The Golden Calf 1875
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-- "It was fair time in the village wherein I stopped, and Rugge's principal actor was taken off by delirium tremens, which is Latin for a disease common to men who eat little and drink much.
What Will He Do with It? — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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-- "It was fair time in the village wherein I stopped, and Rugge's principal actor was taken off by delirium tremens, which is Latin for a disease common to men who eat little and drink much.
What Will He Do with It? — Volume 03 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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It was just as real to me as is the snake beheld by a man in delirium tremens.
Chapter 11 2010
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Before departing, the manager had thoughtfully bestowed eight five-pound banknotes on Aloysius, with the foreseen result that Aloysius awoke several days later to find himself broke and perilously near to delirium tremens.
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Think Progress » Focus on the Family to air a second ad during Super Bowl pre-game. 2010
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At last McCoy got delirium tremens, tied a rock to his neck, and jumped into the sea.
THE SEED OF McCOY 2010
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