I have seen an old woman, in a red cloak, hold him for half an hour together with some long Phthisical tale of distress, which Master Simon listened to with many a bob of the head, smack of his dog-whip, and other symptoms of impatience, though he afterwards made a most faithful and circumstantial report of the case to the Squire.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
He performed his ministrations with a wisp of straw, and seemed to derive great moral support in the process from the production of a Phthisical expiration of his breath, between clenched teeth, resulting in a sibilant hiss.
"Leaves from a Field Note-Book"
J. H. Morgan
He had been under the care of my predecessor, and had been entered as a Phthisical patient.
"Modern Magic"
Maximilian Schele de Vere