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pyemia

[pahy-ee-mee-uh] / paɪˈi mi ə /


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Four types of infection — erysipelas, septicemia, pyemia and gangrene — regularly took the lives of hospitalized patients.

From New York Times

Practically the only treatment for pyemia and septicemia on which any stress was laid, and in which there was any general confidence, was the administration of alcohol in large quantities.

From Project Gutenberg

For pyemia, where the abscesses are near the skin, they should be opened and treated antiseptically by injecting any of the previously mentioned germicides.

From Project Gutenberg

If it is due to stable miasma, uremic poisoning, pyemia, influenza, rheumatism, toxic agents, etc., they should receive prompt attention for their removal or mitigation.

From Project Gutenberg

Causes.—Endocarditis and pericarditis in the course of rheumatism; acute fevers like typhoid, etc.; clots lodging in the heart arteries, coming from diseases such as septicemia and pyemia.

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