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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Erysipelas
Britannica 11thERYSIPELAS (a Greek word, probably derived from IpvOptx, red, and TtXXa, skin) — synonyms, the Rose, Si Anthony's Fire — an acute contagious disease, characterized by a special inflammation of the skin, caused by a streptococcus. Erysipelas is endemic in most ...
Vol. 9, pp. 757-758
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Vaccination
Britannica 11th... l obviate any such danger, for even if tubercle bacilli or the streptococcus of erysipelas were by chance present in the lymph material when collected, it has been found experimentally that they are quite unable to survive prolonged exposure to the action of a ...
Vol. 27, pp. 831-833
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