axilla

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In this country it is generally introduced into the axilla, and less frequently into the mouth, for the purpose of making an observation.

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

Intense brown and black pigment forms fine reticulations delimiting bold blue spots on the flanks; this coloration extends to the axilla in many specimens.

From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by Duellman, William E.

In cases of average severity it rarely falls below 95° F. in the axilla.

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

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 the cold stage it is not uncommon for a difference of temperature to be noted of nearly ten degrees between the axilla and the rectum.

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