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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Apoplexy
Britannica 11thAPOPLEXY (Gr. drorXjjJia. from <hrorXq<r0-cu>, to strike down, to stun), the terni employed by Galen to designate the " sudden loss of feeling and movement of the whole body, with the exception of respiration," to which, after the time of Harvey, was added " a ...
Vol. 2, pp. 195-196
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Anthrax
Britannica 11th... d or sudden when the malady is general, constituting what is designated splenic apoplexy, internal anthrax in cattle is not invariably fatal. In some cases the animal rallies from a first attack and gradually recovers. In the external or localized form, marked ...
Vol. 2, pp. 106-108
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Sunstroke
Britannica 11th... ly occur; but if timely treatment is available recovery may take place. 2. Heat Apoplexy or Asphyxia. — In this variety the attack, whether preceded or not by the premonitory symptoms already mentioned, is usually sudden, and occurs in the form of an apoplecti ...
Vol. 26, pp. 110-111
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