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In Algeria the relative mortality from all causes is only about three-fifths of that of the Christian, and the Turk, although seeming to enjoy a greater exemption from phthisical or tubercular diseases than the Jew, falls below the Jew in exemption from deaths due to general causes, as his mortality is one-eighth greater than that of the Jew.— History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance
What did he say to you Oh, that I am phthisical, and must take care,' said Watson, carelessly--'that's no news.— Fenwick's Career
"My dear fellow, you're a phthisical subject -- not to mince matters.— A Sheaf of Corn
Already he grew phthisical.— Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse
When he had spoken, his voice had had the flat, deadly softness of the exhausted phthisical sufferer's.— The Dop Doctor
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