axilla
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The thermometer seldom shows a temperature above 105°, but I have seen 106.5° recorded in the axilla in the hot stage of a paroxysm of simple intermittent fever.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
In most cases the heat in the axilla exceeds 103°, and may even mount up to 105°.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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 Duellman, William E.
Pain up arm to shoulder, thence to back of neck 4 5 V. Pr�cordial pain extending to left axilla, and down arm to finger ends 1 4 VI.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock
They are confined to no part of the body, but appear usually earliest and most abundantly upon the folds of the axilla and upon the abdomen.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
