falling sickness
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How to use falling sickness in a sentence
The parents of a maid who suffered severely from the falling sickness applied to him, on one occasion, for a cure.
Witch, Warlock, and Magician | William Henry Davenport AdamsBut when shaking him and roaring at him failed to rouse him, I knew well it was the falling sickness.
The Unicorn from the Stars and Other Plays | William B. YeatsLupton says: "A piece of child's navel-string borne in a ring is good against falling sickness."
Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia | Isaac G. BriggsIt was a sickness, I believe, like the falling-sickness that comes to old men; and in time I grew better and dreamed no more.
Children of the Frost | Jack LondonThese rings were supposed to cure cramp and the "falling sickness."
The Queer, the Quaint and the Quizzical | Frank H. Stauffer
British Dictionary definitions for falling sickness
a former name (nontechnical) for epilepsy
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