Mountain sickness can refer to:
- Altitude sickness or acute mountain sickness, a pathological condition that is caused by acute exposure to low air pressure
- Chronic mountain sickness, a disease that can develop during extended time living at altitude
Famous quotes containing the words mountain and/or sickness:
“‘Tis distance lends enchantment to the view,
And robes the mountain in its azure hue.”
—Thomas Campbell (1777–1844)
“You would not have thought, if you had seen him lying about thus, that he was the proprietor of so many acres in that neighborhood, was worth six thousand dollars, and had been to Washington. It seemed to me that, like the Irish, he made a greater ado about his sickness than a Yankee does, and was more alarmed about himself.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)