algid

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Yet the efficacy of this powerful agency is by no means comparable to that which it produces in the algid forms of malarial fever.

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

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

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

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)

As Wunderlich has pointed out, during the algid stage temperatures taken in the mouth do not give an accurate idea of the general temperature; the rectal and vaginal temperatures are more nearly correct.

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