What does pervigilium mean?
Pervigilium means (obsolete, medicine, rare) Insomnia..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete, medicine, rare) Insomnia..
A Pervigilium is sometimes a primary Distemper, without any other evident Sickness causing it; yet so that some bear up under it, without any considerable Disorder […]
Pervigilium, or want of sleep, is a most distressing and alarming symptom in fever, and appears to be the first link of that chain which includes delirium, coma, and effusion[…]there is nothing more indicative of the severity of the disease than the inability to sleep.
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Pervigilium means (obsolete, medicine, rare) Insomnia..
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A Pervigilium is sometimes a primary Distemper, without any other evident Sickness causing it; yet so that some bear up under it, without any considerable Disorder […]
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