They are liable to suffocative orthopnœa after measles, and die unless bled and purged. From Wordnik.com. [Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject] Reference
Woodland Strawberry, which is of excellent service for nettle rash, or allied erysipelas: also for a suffocative swelling of the swallowing throat. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
The surface of the body is pale or dusky, the lips are livid, while breathing becomes increasingly difficult, and is attended with suffocative paroxysms which render the recumbent posture impossible. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
The relief its vapor affords in the collapse of chloroform anæsthesia, in which dissolution is imminent from paralyzed heart's action, is instantaneous, and its effect upon the spasmodic and suffocative sensations of hydrophobia are equally prompt. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884] Reference
Of the three liberated gases, hydrogen only is inflammable, and the other two suffocative of flame; but together the nitrogen and chlorine are not to be undervalued, for chloride of nitrogen is ranked as the most terrible and unmanageable of all explosives. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881] Reference
In case the accident occurs with a child, and the slapping process does not afford instant relief, it should be grasped by the feet, and placed head downwards, and the slapping between the shoulders renewed; but in case this induced violent suffocative paroxysms it must not be repeated. From Wordnik.com. [Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889] Reference
They settle upon them a suffocative anhelation, which is truly the most oppressive form of slavery. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures on the Philosophy and Practice of Slavery, as Exhibited in the Institution of Domestic Slavery in the United States: with the Duties of Masters to Slaves.] Reference
In an instant the eyes were closed, the cries were stopped, and the breathing was suffocative and convulsed. From Wordnik.com. [An Essay on the Influence of Tobacco upon Life and Health] Reference
This may very possibly, as happened in one case to the author, give rise to suffocative paroxysms from its pressure on the recurrent laryngeal nerves. From Wordnik.com. [A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners] Reference
It is also a febrifuge, and Padre Mercado states that it cures "all forms of asthma, suffocative affections of the chest, and griping pains of the belly.". From Wordnik.com. [The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines] Reference
In some cases alarming suffocative attacks occasionally supervene during sleep, but the difficulty in breathing disappears as soon as the child is wakened. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
The responses to the challenge measured as semicontinuous variables were predicted by symptoms of childhood separation anxiety, childhood parental loss, common stressful events, major life events, suffocative events and the female gender. From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
You may see reputable retailers who wrap their portioned opened wheels of cheese in plastic, but they're also wrapping and unwrapping their cheeses many times during the day; a cheese must be privy to the suffocative masking of plastic for about two days before taking on those plastic flavors. From Wordnik.com. [The Kitchn] Reference
Dr Cai’s experience was like a fish getting suffocated out of water, or more accurately in a suffocative environment marked by domination, prejudice and arrogance in his own words. From Wordnik.com. [Global Voices in English » Singapore: Taxi driver-blogger is a PhD graduate] Reference
Stay the fell SYROC'S suffocative breath. From Wordnik.com. [The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation] Reference
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