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(a’gu) [Fr. aig sharp}. Malarial fever, or any other severe recurrent symptom of malarial origin. bra -founders’ a., a disease of bra founders, with symptoms like those of malarial fever. brow-a., intermittent neuralgia of one of the brows. a.-cake, enlargement of the spleen, due to malarial poisoning. catenating a., that | which is a ociated with some other disease. a.-drop, Fowler’s solution. dumb-a., ague with no well-marked chill, and with only a slight periodicity. face &., tic douloureux. quartan a., that in which the paroxysms are seventy-two hours apart. quintan a., that in which the paroxysms are ninety-six hours apart. quotidian a., that in which there is a twenty four hours’ interval between the paroxysms. @., a severe form of malarial paroxysm, beginning with a marked chill. tertian a., that in which the paroxysms are forty-eight hours apart. in (ag’u-rin). A white, odorle powder, soluble in water, formed by the combination of theobromin and sodium acetate, and containing 60 per cent. of the former. It is a powerful diuretic. Dose, 15-45 gr. (1-3 gm.). A. α.. Abbreviation for anilin gentian violet. ah. The symbol of Aypermetropic astigmatism. Ablfeld’s sign (ahl’felts) [F. AAlfeld, German obstetrician, born 1843]. See under sign. An obsti-