Meanings
- obsoleteuncountableDa Costa's syndrome, a disorder of the heart related to combat.
Whereas shell shock was relatively infrequent in other campaigns, soldier's heart was relatively frequent ...
1916, The Times History of the War, page 3342 more examples
Parkinson and Koefod have investigated the immediate effect of smoking five cigarettes in forty minutes on the circulation of forty smokers, of whom thirty were suffering from soldier's heart and ten were healthy soldiers.
1918, Arthur F. Hurst, Medical diseases of the war, page 285The extension of our knowledge in regard to cardiac disorders and arrhythmias was largely incorporated in the seventh edition of this work, but to them has been added the more recent studies upon Effort Syndrome or Soldier's Heart.
1920, Austin Flint, A manual of physical diagnosis, page iv
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Dating to the American Civil War.
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