Word: throating
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...iron comb. Venerated increasingly by Roman Catholics, Blasius became one of the most popular saints in the Middle Ages. Churches and altars were dedicated to him. In 13th Century England it was forbidden to work on his feast day, largely because St. Blasius' aid was held sovereign against throat and lung diseases...
Organs of Head. Eyesight somewhat affected but fairly well corrected by the use of glasses. Difficulty of hearing, probably due to an extension of catarrhal inflammation from the throat into the eustachian tube. Teeth lost, or removed on account of decay...
...health impairment in this case may be considered as affecting especially three systems; namely, the gastrointestinal system, as exemplified by the attacks of dysentery; the circulatory system, as a result of the persistent malaria, and the respiratory system, as shown by the susceptibility to colds in the head, throat and chest. All signs seem to point to the respiratory system as presenting the place of least resistance of the body...
...have been through some serious illnesses which were bound to leave their traces; they have impaired your health and lowered your resistance. Your chief weakness is evidently in your respiratory organs. You have a marked susceptibility to colds and to serious inflammation in the head, throat and chest...
...Thursday, Dec. 12, 1799, the weather being very bad, rain, hail and snow falling alternately, Washington rode out to his farm as usual, returned with coat and hair wet by snow, and sat down to dinner without changing his clothes. Next day he showed signs of a cold. His throat was hoarse. Washington, answering remonstrances: "I never take anything for a cold. Let it go as it came...