irritable heart
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of irritable heart
First recorded in 1860–65
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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
The "irritable heart," the "tobacco heart," a life of promise impaired or blighted.
From Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden
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
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
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