AGUE Ague

(a’-gu)\_acutus, Malarial sharp,fever, or intermittent acute characterized; Fr., aigu~\. by paroxysms, consisting of chill, fever, and sweating, at regularly recurring times, and followed by an interval or intermi ion the length of which determines the epithets, quotidian, tertian, etc. In some cases there is a double paroxysm, and hence called double quotidian, double tertian, etc. The duration of each paroxysm varies from two to twelve hours. See Malarial Fever. A., Aden. See Dengue. A., Bra -founders’, a disease common among bra -founders, characterized by symptoms somewhat resembling an imperfect attack of intermittent fever, the recurrence of the paroxysms, however, being irregular. The direct cause is generally thought to be the inhalation of the fumes of deflagrating zinc or “spelter.” A., Brow, intermittent neuralgia of the brow. A. Cake, chronic enlargement of the spleen in diseases of malarial origin. A., Catenating, ague a ociated with other diseases. A. Drop. See Fowler’s Solution. A., Dumb, latent ague; masked ague; ague without well marked chill, and with at most only partial or slight periodicity. A., Latent. See A., Dumb. A., Masked. See A., Dumb. A. Tree, common Sa afras. A. Weed. I. See Grindelia. 2. The Fupatorium per folia lum, or thoroughwort. 39