IN PURPURA HAEMORRHAGICA
\ɪn pɜːpjˈʊ͡əɹə hˌɛməɹˈad͡ʒɪkə], \ɪn pɜːpjˈʊəɹə hˌɛməɹˈadʒɪkə], \ɪ_n p_ɜː_p_j_ˈʊə_ɹ_ə h_ˌɛ_m_ə_ɹ_ˈa_dʒ_ɪ_k_ə]\
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The spots are circular, and of different sizes; often in stripes or patches, irregularly scattered over the thighs, arms, and trunk; with occasional haemorrhage from the mouth, nostrils, or viscera, and great debility and depression of spirits.
By Robley Dunglison
Word of the day
Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.