strumous
Americanadjective
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Cod-liver oil is often a remedy of great value, and is especially useful in strumous and debilitated subjects.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
Schiller changed the name to Christian Wolf and built out of the ugly facts a strumous tale of criminal psychology,—the autopsy of a depraved soul, as he called it.
From The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller by Calvin Thomas
Like the strawberry, if eaten without sugar and cream, it does not undergo any acetous fermentation in the stomach, even with gouty or strumous persons.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie
Its most common sites are the scalp and face, especially in young people and in those who are ill-nourished and strumous.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
It is to be noticed that though most commonly wholesome and refreshing, yet with some persons, particularly those of a strumous bodily habit, Strawberries will often disagree.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie
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