strumous
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It was one of the rare cases of this disease not supervening upon an original strumous diathesis, and, had it been properly cared for in the beginning, might have been cured.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 05, March, 1858 by Various
If the general health of a child be enfeebled, particularly if the child be strumous, such a condition will favour the generation of these animals.
From The Maternal Management of Children, in Health and Disease by Bull, Thomas
The disease is slow and persistent, and is commonly met with in girls and young women, usually of strumous type.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman
It is not infrequently observed in the strumous and debilitated.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman
The second, a girl, was unfortunate in her nurse, she being of a strumous and unhealthy constitution, although to a casual observer bearing the appearance of health.
From The Maternal Management of Children, in Health and Disease by Bull, Thomas
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