The powerful shall rise and the cowards would shrivel at the falling sickness.
Epilepsy, ‘the falling sickness,’ was one of the most feared and least well understood problems in early New England, as it was throughout the world.
A Sumerian term referring to descriptions of seizures has been translated as ‘The Falling Sickness’.
Because of this health department notice, TV stations will have to suspend medical treatment adverts for certain illnesses such as venereal diseases, psoriasis, HIV / AIDS, cancer, falling sickness and vertigo.
The Chinese translation of epilepsy is Dian, meaning falling sickness, and epileptic attack is Xian, meaning convulsion.
Definition of falling sickness in US English:
falling sickness
noun
the falling sickness
archaic term for epilepsy
Example sentencesExamples
Because of this health department notice, TV stations will have to suspend medical treatment adverts for certain illnesses such as venereal diseases, psoriasis, HIV / AIDS, cancer, falling sickness and vertigo.
A Sumerian term referring to descriptions of seizures has been translated as ‘The Falling Sickness’.
The Chinese translation of epilepsy is Dian, meaning falling sickness, and epileptic attack is Xian, meaning convulsion.
The powerful shall rise and the cowards would shrivel at the falling sickness.
Epilepsy, ‘the falling sickness,’ was one of the most feared and least well understood problems in early New England, as it was throughout the world.