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 James Russell Lowell
In undue somnolence, in nervous headache, in narcotism, also, at times when the exigencies of life require excessively prolonged wakefulness, caffein may be used as the most powerful agent known for producing wakefulness.
From All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers
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
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 James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
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