narcotism
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This is the aesthetic variety of the malady, or rather, perhaps, it is only the old complaint robbed of all its pain, and lapped in waking dreams by the narcotism of an age of science.
From Among My Books First Series by Lowell, James Russell
Chronic encephalitis or meningitis may succeed the acute stage, or may be due to stable miasma, blood poison, narcotism, lead poisoning, etc.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
How does a patient breathe when moribund from simple exhaustion, and how does such respiration differ from the toil and struggle of asthma or the stertor of narcotism?
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Natural sleep is one of these; the unconsciousness of narcotism or anesthesia is another.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
Slowness, in marked degree, attends apoplexy, opium narcotism, and fracture of the skull compressing the brain.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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