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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

(Med.)

A variety of paralysis, peculiar to India and the Malabar coast; – considered by many to be the same as

beriberi

in a chronic form.

See also: barbiers and barbièrs

Barbiers

See also: Barbiers and barbièrs

barbiers ‎(uncountable)

(medicine, archaic) A paralysis, peculiar to India and the Malabar coast, thought to be a chronic form of beriberi.
- 1868, William Aitken, The science and practice of medicine
  The disease has been confounded with the barbiers — a chronic disease in which paralysis, tremors, spasms, contractions of the limbs, and emaciation are the most remarkable symptoms.

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