Old Mrs Snookson's Husband view on his drinking ailment
"Well, how's your Husband, Mrs Snookson?" "O! E's very bad, poor ear E's such a martyr to Delerium Tremins." !!!
Delirium tremens (Latin for "shaking frenzy", also referred to as The DTs, "the horrors", or "the shakes.") is an acute episode of delirium that is usually caused by withdrawal from alcohol, first described in 1813
Picture No
10804054
Media ID
45545475
Size
3669px x 5460px
(2.5MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Illustration by Phil May from The Phil May Folio' (1904)
Date
1895
