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Definition of Anthrax pneumonia

1. Noun. A form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis; initial symptoms (chill and cough and dyspnea and rapid pulse) are followed by extreme cardiovascular collapse.

Medical Definition of Anthrax pneumonia

1. A form of anthrax acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis; there is an initial chill followed by pain in the back and legs, rapid respiration, dyspnea, cough, fever, rapid pulse, and extreme cardiovascular collapse. Synonym: anthrax pneumonia, ragpicker's disease, ragsorter's disease, rag-sorter's disease, wool-sorter's pneumonia, woolsorter's disease, wool-sorter's disease. (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Anthrax pneumonia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of bacteriology by George Miller Sternberg (1896)
"... of anthrax, pneumonia, and diphtheria, this bactericidal propt-rly exist* t-> the same degree in the juices of animals of the same species, whether thry ..."

2. Diseases of the Tongue by Henry Trentham Butlin, Walter George Spencer (1900)
"There was no anthrax pneumonia nor bacilli in the expectoration, and no intestinal anthrax. Tke Treatment of Gangrene of the Tongue. ..."

3. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"... anthrax, pneumonia, gonorrhea, etc.). There are, on the other hand, grave forms of sepsis in which the constitutional disturbances are due to a prompt ..."

4. Text-book of Meat Hygiene: With Special Consideration to Ante-mortem and by Richard Heinrich Edelmann, John Robbins Mohler (1908)
"If any pathological condition is suspected in which the question of temperature is important, such as Texas fever, anthrax, pneumonia, blackleg, ..."

5. The Diagnostics of internal medicine: A Clinical Treatise Upon the by Glentworth Reeve Butler (1909)
"... condition may originate from a recognisable focus of infection, as in autopsy wounds, puerperal septicaemia, anthrax, pneumonia, ..."

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