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"When all these symptoms and signals are present," writes Farfán, "then dolor de costado is very dangerous, and can kill quickly, depending on the state of the patient."
Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico 2008
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For one, they are a superb source for contemporary descriptions of the disorders of the day; within these pages we find lengthy descriptions of dolor de costado, flaqueza del estomago, dolor de ijada, morbo gálico, obstrucción del hígado, mal de madre, apostemas, and tabardillo.
Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico 2008
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One that is mentioned in many of the domestic medicine manuals and in contemporary descriptions of illness is dolor de costado, literally, "pain in the side."
Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico 2008
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The unusual amount of humidity during the fall of 1783 caused a rise in dolor de costado, insultos, pulmonías; a sudden drop in temperature in February caused these ailments to increase even more, along with "fluxes of the eyes" and fever in children. 35 The development of instruments for measuring such things as rainfall, temperature, and wind velocity stimulated further efforts to quantify climatic conditions.
Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico 2008
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The Relación de Chinantla, for example, says that [this place] is hot, humid, and sick: it rains eight months of the year; for three months big, cold north winds blow, which cause the Indians to get sick with coughs and colds, and sometimes they get dolor de costado.
Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico 2008
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Levanta el hombrito ladea la cabeza sonríe de costado mira de reojo hincha las tetas.
veruscio Diary Entry veruscio 2009
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Al NYT le habría costado 400.000$ hacer el reportaje de la web ProPublica que ha ganado un Pulitzer ...
An extremely expensive cover story — with a new way of footing the bill » Nieman Journalism Lab 2009
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Déme dos: reportaje de portada podría haber costado 400.000 dólares « The Daily DG at 12:24 am, September 9, 2009
An extremely expensive cover story — with a new way of footing the bill » Nieman Journalism Lab 2009
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My own problems are much more insufferable than those of other peopleMy companions (marido = husband) troubles are a pain in the butt (costado = side) to me.
Dichos 2006
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Encima, sin querer le pegué de costado con la cartera, le pedí disculpas casi sin voz y seguí de largo.
veruscio Diary Entry veruscio 2008
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