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  • All of them had sores upon their hands, and some degree of general indisposition, preceded by pains and tumours in the axillas: but there was no comparison in the severity of the disease as it was felt by the servant man, who had escaped the smallpox, and by those of the family who had not, for, while he was confined to his bed, they were able, without much inconvenience, to follow their ordinary business.

    On Vaccination Against Smallpox 2005

  • All of them had sores upon their hands, and some degree of general indisposition, preceded by pains and tumours in the axillas: but there was no comparison in the severity of the disease as it was felt by the servant man, who had escaped the smallpox, and by those of the family who had not, for, while he was confined to his bed, they were able, without much inconvenience, to follow their ordinary business.

    On Vaccination Against Smallpox 2005

  • I checked axillas, gluteal folds, behind ears and inside them, and inside the navel.

    CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PATRICIA CORNWELL 1993

  • I checked axillas, gluteal folds, behind ears and inside them, and inside the navel.

    CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PATRICIA CORNWELL 1993

  • I checked axillas, gluteal folds, behind ears and inside them, and inside the navel.

    CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PATRICIA CORNWELL 1993

  • I checked axillas, gluteal folds, behind ears and inside them, and inside the navel.

    CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PATRICIA CORNWELL 1993

  • All of them had sores upon their hands, and some degree of general indisposition, preceded by pains and tumours in the axillas: but there was no comparison in the severity of the disease as it was felt by the servant man, who had escaped the smallpox, and by those of the family who had not, for, while he was confined to his bed, they were able, without much inconvenience, to follow their ordinary business.

    The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) Various

  • MS.) viscoso-puberula foliis linearibus sublanceolatisve obtusissimis paucidentatis integrisve crassis ad axillas fasciculatis, floribus paucis axillaribus subsessilibus, calycis labiis integris inferiore minore, antherarum calcare longiore loculum superante. —

    Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003

  • MS.) tota viscoso-villosa, foliis linearioblongis pinnatifido-dentatis ad axillas subfasciculatis, floribus paucisaxillaribus breviter pedicellatis, calycis labiis integris, antherarum calcare longiore loculum superante. —

    Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003

  • MS.) viscoso-puberula foliis linearibus sublanceolatisve obtusissimis paucidentatis integrisve crassis ad axillas fasciculatis, floribus paucis axillaribus subsessilibus, calycis labiis integris inferiore minore, antherarum calcare longiore loculum superante.

    Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia Thomas Mitchell 1823

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