irritable heart
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of irritable heart
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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I have an irritable heart, and digitalis helps it.”
From The Shoulders of Atlas A Novel by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
The active medicinal principle is "convallarin," which slows the disturbed action of a weak, irritable heart, whilst at the same time increasing its power.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie
It will rarely slow a rapid heart; it will often stimulate a sluggish, slow heart; it may increase the irritability of an irritable heart.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas) Osborne
The man had an apparently feeble and irritable heart; cold, clammy skin; disturbed digestion, and uneasy sleep; was constipated and flatulent.
From History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance by Peter Charles Remondino
The "irritable heart," the "tobacco heart," a life of promise impaired or blighted.
From Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden
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