He was of that peculiar temperament which indicates a scrofulous cachexia.
"Report on Surgery to the Santa Clara County Medical Society"
Joseph Bradford Cox
On the other hand, a malignant tumor in its primary growth may so implicate a vital organ as to destroy life before metastasis can occur or even before cachexia can develop.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
Ainslie states that the native herb-doctors of India give the juice in intestinal obstruction and in the oedema of malarial cachexia.
"The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines"
T. H. Pardo de Tavera