Convulsions, laryngismus stridulus, tetany, or carpopedal spasm are all frequently met with.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nervous Child] Reference

In laryngismus in the same way we may suppose that the reflex path is made easy and the resistance lowered by constant use.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nervous Child] Reference

The symptom of laryngismus stridulus -- the so-called breath-holding -- alone need concern us, and that for a special reason.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nervous Child] Reference

It is for this reason that I have included some description of laryngismus, although its origin is undoubtedly very different from that of the other disorders of conduct which we have examined.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nervous Child] Reference

Of this heightened irritability of the nervous system, to which the name "spasmophilia" has been given in America and on the Continent, the most striking symptom is a liability alike to tetany or carpo-pedal spasm, to generalised convulsions, and to laryngismus stridulus.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nervous Child] Reference