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delirium tremens|dɪˈlɪrɪəm ˈtriːmɛnz|
[mod. Medical Lat. = trembling or quaking delirium.]
A species of delirium induced by excessive indulgence in alcoholic liquors, and characterized by tremblings and various delusions of the senses.
‘The term was introduced by Dr. Sutton, in 1813, for that form of delirium which is rendered worse by bleeding, but improved by opium. By Rayer and subsequent writers it has been almost exclusively applied to delirium resulting from the abuse of alcohol.’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.)
1813T. Sutton (title), Tracts on Delirium Tremens, etc., etc. 1865Tylor Early Hist. Man. i. 6 The fiends which torment the victim of delirium tremens.
fig.1832Blackw. Mag. Jan. 123/2 The delirium tremens of radicalism, in which the unhappy patient..imagines himself haunted by a thousand devils, who are not only men but Tories. |