Medical symptom usually of physical and/or mental weakness that does not resolve with rest or sleep

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News : inexpensive sustained dexamphetamine therapy 'for the patient who is tired all day', 'for day-long appetite control' : dexten ion-resin-bonded dexamphetamine, barbidex dexten plus phenobarbitone / Clinical Products Ltd.

List of symptoms of HIV infection that lead to AIDS from fever to red or purplish spots on the body; sixth of sixteen advertisement posters by the American Red Cross promoting education about AIDS. Colour lithograph, 1990.

Supraormon "Frosst" : acetato de desoxicorticosterona / Charles E. Frosst & Co. ; distribuidores para Cuba: Distribuidora Cubana.

When you prescribe 'Aventyl' for depression you take a load of two minds.

"Doctor, I feel awful" : once, she might have been diagnosed as "anxiety state" : 'Aventyl' lightens the troubled mind.

A butcher's boy, having fallen asleep on a doorstep, allows a spaniel to eat the kidneys off a tray of kidneys and chops; demonstrating inattention (inattentiveness). Stipple engraving by C. Knight, 1800, after S. De Koster.

Oxo : the most health-giving drink in the world : build up your strength with Oxo / Liebig Company.

Phytin "(calcium magnesium salt of inositol hexaphosphoric acid) : a nerve food and general tonic containing about 22 per cent. of organically combined assimilable and non-toxic phosphorus : blotter no.2 / The Clayton Aniline Co. Ltd.

4 vitamins - without reserve.

Coramina : en casos de urgencia, 5-10 cm3 por via intravenosa / CIBA.

The human machine and industrial efficiency / by Frederic S. Lee.

Horsford's acid phosphate for mental & physical exhaustion, dyspepsia & c. : it makes a delicious drink with water & sugar only / Rumford Chemical Works.

Mitochondria with crystalline inclusions

Studies in repetitive work with special reference to rest-pauses / by S. Wyatt ; assisted by J.A. Fraser.

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Fatigue

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The human machine and industrial efficiency / by Frederic S. Lee.

Horsford's acid phosphate for mental & physical exhaustion, dyspepsia & c. : it makes a delicious drink with water & sugar only / Rumford Chemical Works.

A butcher's boy, having fallen asleep on a doorstep, allows a spaniel to eat the kidneys off a tray of kidneys and chops; demonstrating inattention (inattentiveness). Stipple engraving by C. Knight, 1800, after S. De Koster.

Mitochondria with crystalline inclusions

Studies in repetitive work with special reference to rest-pauses / by S. Wyatt ; assisted by J.A. Fraser.

Fatigue

Images from the collections

Images referencing Fatigue

Works from the collections

The human machine and industrial efficiency / by Frederic S. Lee.

Horsford's acid phosphate for mental & physical exhaustion, dyspepsia & c. : it makes a delicious drink with water & sugar only / Rumford Chemical Works.

A butcher's boy, having fallen asleep on a doorstep, allows a spaniel to eat the kidneys off a tray of kidneys and chops; demonstrating inattention (inattentiveness). Stipple engraving by C. Knight, 1800, after S. De Koster.

Mitochondria with crystalline inclusions

Studies in repetitive work with special reference to rest-pauses / by S. Wyatt ; assisted by J.A. Fraser.

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