axilla
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It most generally extends to the left axilla, and down the arm to the fingers; as variations it sometimes affects the right axilla and the back of the head.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz
The temperature in the axilla is normally about half a degree lower than in the mouth.
From American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick by American Red Cross
Ventrolateral glands well developed, reaching axilla and groin and narrowly separated on chest.
From A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla by William E. Duellman
Ventrolateral glands moderately developed, not reaching axilla or groin and broadly separated midventrally.
From A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla by William E. Duellman
Supposing the arm to have been inoculated, the lymphatic glands of the axilla now become swollen and tender, but their suppuration is unusual, and is to be regarded as a complication.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Countered another scientist: What about "man's retention of abundant tufts in the axillae and pubic regions?"
From Time Magazine Archive
Gardiner describes a mulatto woman who had four mammae, two of which were near the axillae, about four inches in circumference, with proportionate sized nipples.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
All the cows and the servants employed in milking had the cow-pox; but this woman, though she had several sores upon her fingers, felt no tumours in the axillae, nor any general indisposition.
From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various
The posterior part of the trunk, the axillae, the sclerotic coats of the eyes, the nails, and the skin of the head remained in their natural state and preserved their natural color.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Ash reported the case of a girl named Annie Jackson, living in Waterford, Ireland, who had horny excrescences from her joints, arms, axillae, nipples, ears, and forehead.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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