axilla
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He had a little pain in the axilla, and felt a slight indisposition for three or four hours.
From An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae A Disease Discovered in Some of the Western Counties of England, Particularly Gloucestershire, and Known by the Name of the Cow Pox by Edward Jenner
A dark stripe extends from the nostril to the eye and thence posteriorly to a point between the axilla and groin.
From A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico by William E. Duellman
In 2 cases only did the thermometer in the axilla reach 105°.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
In most individuals the white color in the axilla extends onto the posterior edge of the upper arm.
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
The arms inflamed properly, fever and pain in the axillae came on precisely the same as in the former cases, and in ten days eruptions appeared, which disappeared in the course of two days.
From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various
Her arms were elevated and kept from her body by the fat in her axillae.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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
Later on in the history of the plague the inflammatory boils and buboes in the groins and axillae were recognized at once as prognosticating a fatal issue.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
