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FULIGINEOUS VAPORS

\fjˌʊlɪd͡ʒˈɪni͡əs vˈe͡ɪpəz], \fjˌʊlɪd‍ʒˈɪni‍əs vˈe‍ɪpəz], \f_j_ˌʊ_l_ɪ_dʒ_ˈɪ_n_iə_s v_ˈeɪ_p_ə_z]\

Definitions of FULIGINEOUS VAPORS

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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The name given by the ancient writers to supposed deleterious substances exhaled in a vaporous state in the expired air or (Galen) also through the skin, comparable to the invisible vapors or smoke from a furnace.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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