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Literary notes about anemia (AI summary)

The word "anemia" has been employed in literature in ways that reflect both its medical significance and its metaphorical potential. In one example, it appears as a clinical condition—linked to "cerebral anemia"—serving as a basis for exploring treatments through natural remedies like a digitalis substitute, which illustrates its role in the practice and language of herbal medicine [1]. In contrast, another literary piece uses anemia as an element of personal suffering, intertwining the affliction with other physical symptoms to evoke the vulnerability and fragility of the human body [2].
  1. It is considered a substitute for digitalis, especially valuable as a diuretic and where cerebral anemia exists.
    — from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera
  2. I am suffering from anemia and catarrh of the stomach, and my cough is only a stomach cough.”
    — from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

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