The tailor cries, and falls into a cough. Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act II., Sc. I.
Coughs will come when sighs depart. Byron—Don Juan, Canto X., Verse VIII.
Who, * * * but would much rather Sigh like his son, than cough like his grandfather? Byron—Don Juan, Canto X., Verse VI.
He has not forgotten the diseases affecting the digestive organs.
An old superstition regarding toothache was that it was caused by a small worm, formed like an eel, which bored a hole into the tooth, and various methods were employed to remove it. Dyer notes the fact that John of Gatisden, one of the oldest medical authorities, attributed decay of the teeth to this cause.
Don Pedro. What! sigh for the toothache? Leon. Where is but a humour or a worm? Much Ado, Act III., Sc. II.
He that sleeps feels not the toothache. Cymbeline, Act V., Sc. IV.
Being troubled with a raging tooth, I could not sleep. Othello, Act III., Sc. III.
There was never yet philosopher, That could endure the toothache patiently. Much Ado, Act V., Sc. I.
She shall be buried with her face upwards; Yet this is no charm for the toothache. Much Ado, Act III., Sc. II.