febris
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febres
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Origin of febris
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This indeed so happens, where the pulse is previously strong, as in febris irritativa; or where another sensorial power, as that of sensation, is exerted on the arterial system, as in inflammations.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
Under the first head belong the following names: Malignant purpuric fever; malignant purpura; pestilential purpura; petechial fever; spotted fever; febris nigra; black death, etc.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
And lastly, if a paucity of blood attends this paresis, or some other cause inducing a frequency of pulse, the febris inirritativa, or fever with weak pulse, is produced.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
Hence simple fevers are of two kinds; first, the febris irritativa, or fever with strong pulse; which consists of a previous torpor of the heart, arteries, and capillaries, and a succeeding orgasm of those vessels.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
He never sent back the convicts who arrived with febris catharalis; but if one of them was determined to remain in the hospital, he certified that the man was cured.
From The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
His first work, Methodus curandi febres, was published in 1666.
From A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science by Williams, Henry Smith
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