algid
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In the comatose form the surface is preternaturally warm, of a muddy, semi-jaundiced hue, and the pulse and temperature both indicate the feverish rather than the algid state.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
For, of all the miracles!—I could not doubt—an actual aroma like peach-blossom was in the algid air about me!
From The Purple Cloud by Shiel, M. P. (Matthew Phipps)
If the attack has been very severe, and particularly if the algid stage has been prolonged, fever of a low type is apt to occur, and indeed may terminate fatally.
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
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
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