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Definition of Prickly heat
1. Noun. Obstruction of the sweat ducts during high heat and humidity.
Definition of Prickly heat
1. Noun. miliaria ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Prickly Heat
Literary usage of Prickly heat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Tropical Diseases: A Manual of the Diseases of Warm Climates by Patrick Manson (1903)
"Durham regards prickly heat as an infective disease produced by a minute and very
active ... Nearly every European in the tropics suffers from prickly heat, ..."
2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1893)
"(Edinburgh Med. Journal, p. 1054, May 1893.) prickly heat. ... His view of the
etiology of prickly heat is that it develops on a skin soaked in perspiration ..."
3. Observations on the Mussulmauns of India: Descriptive of Their Manners by Hasan 'Ali, B. Mir Hasan 'Ali, Mrs B Mı̄r Ḣasan ʻAlı̄, B. Mīr Ḣasan ʻAlī (1832)
"prickly heat.—Cholera Mor- bus.—Mode of Treatment.—Temperance the best remedy.
—Recipe. A RESIDENCE in India, productive as it may be (to many) of pecuniary ..."
4. The Surgeon's Log: Being Impressions of the Far East by James Johnston Abraham (1911)
"... gentle art of shark-fishing : prickly heat and the "leading lady " : The
startling deshabille of the Dutch East Indian lady : An interview with a leper ..."
5. Handbook of Geographical and Historical Pathology by August Hirsch (1886)
"It is known under various colloquial names, such as prickly heat, ... passage : "
The sensations arising from prickly heat are perfectly indescribable, ..."
6. Hand-book of Modern Treatment and Medical Formulary: A Condensed and by William B.. Campbell (1911)
"In carrying out the prophylactic treatment of prickly heat, the Cyclopaedia of
Medicine and Surgery recommends that children should be lightly clad in thin ..."
7. Treatment of the diseases of children by Charles Gilmore Kerley (1909)
"Nearly every infant suffers from prickly heat in the summer. ... When prickly
heat develops, regardless of the season, it is a sure sign that the child has ..."
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