Piblokto

Aside from rheumatism and bronchial troubles, the Eskimos are fairly healthy; but the adults are subject to a peculiar nervous affection which they call piblokto–a form of hysteria. ❋ Unknown (2008)

When an Eskimo is attacked with piblokto indoors, nobody pays much attention, unless the sufferer should reach for a knife or attempt to injure some one. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The well-known madness among the Eskimo dogs is also called piblokto. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I have never known a child to have piblokto; but some one among the adult Eskimos would have an attack every day or two, and one day there were five cases. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Dogs suffering from piblokto are usually shot, but they are often eaten by the Eskimos. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Poor brute, it was no use, and in a short while he commenced to develop symptoms of the dread piblokto, so in mercy he was killed. ❋ Matthew A. Henson (1888)

Dog fights were hourly occurrences, and we lost a great many by the ravages of the mysterious Arctic disease, piblokto, which affects all dog life and frequently human life. ❋ Matthew A. Henson (1888)

When an Eskimo is attacked with _piblokto_ indoors, nobody pays much attention, unless the sufferer should reach for a knife or attempt to injure some one. ❋ Unknown (1888)

Dogs suffering from _piblokto_ are usually shot, but they are often eaten by the Eskimos. ❋ Unknown (1888)

Strange to say, none of the Eskimos was attacked with _piblokto_ because of their fright, and I learned that one of the women, Ahtetah, had remained quietly sewing in the Eskimo quarters during the whole disturbance. ❋ Unknown (1888)

I have never known a child to have _piblokto_; but some one among the adult Eskimos would have an attack every day or two, and one day there were five cases. ❋ Unknown (1888)

The well-known madness among the Eskimo dogs is also called _piblokto_. ❋ Unknown (1888)

By the day's end, if the snow does not melt, or worse, if there are further falls, there is a real risk of an epidemic of piblokto. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In the realm of medicine, there is piblokto (or piblockto), an Eskimo loanword denoting ` a winter-induced hysteria, 'which occurs among women especially. ❋ Unknown (1984)