REMEDY OF THE DAY..PHYSALIA PELAGICA
REMEDY OF THE DAY..PHYSALIA PELAGICA Portuguese man of war, a genus large oceanic siphonophora which includes man of war, is a large air sac, or float, with a sail-like crest on its upper side.Physalia. Physalia pelagica. Portuguese man-of-war. N. O. Physophoridæ. Clinical.
REMEDY OF THE DAY..PHYSALIA PELAGICA Portuguese man of war, a genus large oceanic siphonophora which includes man of war, is a large air sac, or float, with a sail-like crest on its upper side.Physalia. Physalia pelagica. Portuguese man-of-war. N. O. Physophorid├â┬ª. Clinical.├óÔÇØÔé¼Urticaria. Characteristics.├óÔÇØÔé¼G. Bennett was stung by the animal on second and ring fingers. The sensation was as if stung by a nettle, succeeded in a few minutes by violent aching, affecting the finger-joints and spreading up arm, involving elbow-joint. The pain was < by application of water; < by motion; and < when joints became affected. The pain spread to the shoulder-joint and pectoral muscles causing oppression of breathing. After half an hour the symptoms began to abate, leaving numbness of the limb and a vesicle at the spot which was stung. Relations.├óÔÇØÔé¼Compare: Medusa, Urt. ur. John Henry Clarke Materia Medica. !
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