pyrexia

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Not a trace of wind in the humid pyrexia of mid-afternoon.

From The Guardian • Sep. 25, 2016

The treatment consisted of hot vapor-baths, repeated dry cupping over the kidneys, infusion of digitalis with acetate of potash during pyrexia, and Basham's iron mixture in the intermissions.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Quinine, as might be expected, has been largely used, in the hope that it might control the pyrexia or prevent the relapse.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

As would be expected, the sympathetic fever due to this complication modified and obscured the characteristic course of the specific pyrexia.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

It was often present both in the initial paroxysm and in the relapse, but disappeared soon after the end of the pyrexia.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various