algid
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As Wunderlich has pointed out, during the algid stage temperatures taken in the mouth do not give an accurate idea of the general temperature; the rectal and vaginal temperatures are more nearly correct.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Equally ineffectual are other means used for communicating heat to the algid body and thereby reviving its functions.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Yet the efficacy of this powerful agency is by no means comparable to that which it produces in the algid forms of malarial fever.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The skin is perceptibly cold in the algid stage of cholera.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Harry felt an algid chill creep over him.
From The Long Lane's Turning by Rives, Hallie Erminie
