stranguary

Updated: August 1, 2026

I passed these four hours in sleep, waking up every quarter of an hour to pass water an extraordinary occurrence, as I was not at all subject to stranguary; the heat was great, and I had not supped the evening before. I have noticed at other times that surprise at a deed of oppression acts on me as a powerful narcotic, but I found out at the time I speak of that great surprise is also a diuretic.

Giacomo Casanova - The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

I passed these four hours in sleep, waking up every quarter of an hour to pass water an extraordinary occurrence, as I was not at all subject to stranguary; the heat was great, and I had not supped the evening before. I have noticed at other times that surprise at a deed of oppression acts on me as a powerful narcotic, but I found out at the time I speak of that great surprise is also a diuretic.

Giacomo Casanova - Memoirs of Casanova — Volume 10: under the Leads