spasmus

In puncture of a nerve Gilbert surprises us (f. 179d) by the advice to divide completely the wounded nerve, in order to relieve pain and prevent tetanus (_spasmus_).

Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century Henry Ebenezer Handerson

"The sight of him caused in her intense sexual excitement; she experienced voluptuous sensations, which she was quite unable to repress, sighed, rolled her eyes, and became flushed; sometimes she had spasmus vaginæ, with local secretion."

The Sexual Life of the Child Albert Moll 1900