falling sickness
noun
Origin of falling sickness
First recorded in 1520–30
Words nearby falling sickness
falling diphthong,
falling door,
falling down drunk,
falling of womb,
falling rhythm,
falling sickness,
falling star,
falling tide,
falling weather,
falling-out,
falloff
Example sentences from the Web for falling sickness
Even the roof, not of you be it said, has the falling-sickness—it hangs by a hair.
Stories and Pictures |Isaac Loeb PeretzIt is good against the Falling-sickness, and giddiness in the head, it cleanseth the Reins and Bladder.
A Queens Delight |AnonymousIt was a sickness, I believe, like the falling-sickness that comes to old men; and in time I grew better and dreamed no more.
Children of the Frost |Jack LondonHe who kisses it is preserved for seven days from falling-sickness, apoplexy, and sudden death.'
Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing |George Barton Cutten