tussis
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Origin of tussis
< Latin: a cough
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Est quidquid pueros non sinit esse truces, At tu non cessas totis tussire diebus Non est hæc tussis, Parthenopæ gula est.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
Horace gives a most correct idea of this class in these well-known lines:— "Hunc neque dira venena, nec hosticus auferet ensis Nec laterum dolor, aut tussis aut tarda podagra, Garrulus hunc quando consumet."
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 by Various
Hic me gravido frigida et frequens tussis Quassavit usque dum in tuum sinum fugi 15Et me recuravi otioque et urtica.
From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
The botanical name of Coltsfoot is Tussilago farfara, signifying tussis ago, "I drive away a cold"; and farfar, the white poplar tree, which has a similar leaf.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas
Thus Martial: Leniat ut fauces medicus, quas aspera vexat Assiduè tussis, Parthenopæ tibi Mella dari, nucleosque jubet dulcesque placentas.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
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