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- adjective Obsolete form of
phthisic . - noun Obsolete form of
phthisic .
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This is admirably wholesome as well as pleasant, an opener of obstructions, good against the phthisick, and good against the spleen and scurvy, a remedy for the stone, it will abate heat in a fever or thrush, and has been given with good success.
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