FETUS 





FEVER 



differ Indis- 



:iu r in.inun.il-. li i- a flat- 

 unshed by a yelk- 

 month, i- 

 (tremity oi the fetus. The 







- 





■'ronto-tiK-ntal. 



i to- 

 frontal. 



iregmatlc. 



Tarnier.) 



heart, first traces of 

 rudimentary extremities, oral 



il closes 

 if tin- fails t.i occur at this time). 

 I or Grov 



i 57 in hes), and is about the i 



a ; xept the 



il auditory meatus, tym- 



iian tube. At this time arrest of 



lip, umbilical hernia, or 



distinguishable. 



■t hand- and feet appears, and 



ma] genitals also n< iw develop, 



Third Month. 



■Inn in ; 9 cm. long (3.6 



I'i n^ers 



and nail- appear 



■i'ication are- found 



the head 



> the tr mined by the appear- 



?o gnu- (.63 grains. 



■ 6 in. in length. Lanugo 



onium. Sex is 



S48.76 -rains. 



-s 1 in Vernix caseosa 



senile in appearance 



'. Quickening 



Weight, Jj 3 grms. 



12 in. ^1 lair 



■ ir. lb.- 



nguinal rings. Weight, 715 



1 | in. 



= 



1 in. Down on 

 rhe lefl testicle has 



project beyond 'the 

 lbs. Ninth 



1 n ises 



l 1 than 



at term. V. 



»h 



2h 



lbs. 





Fetus. 50cm. long 20 inches; weight, 2737 grms. = 

 7' ; lbs. Skin i- rosy; lanugo has disappeared. 

 The nails are perfect and project beyond the finger 



tip- The eye- are opened. The center of OSSl 1 



cation in the lower epiphysis of femur is 5 mm. in 

 diameter, while that of the cuboid bone is ju>t be- 

 ginning to -how. Diameters of head are normal. F., 

 Amorphous. SeeAnideus. F. Anideus. See /4m- 

 F. in fetu (fetus within the fetus), the name 

 applied to those interesting inclusions in which the 

 stronger fetus in it- growth has included within its 

 organism the parts of the weaker fetus. F. papyra- 

 ceus, the name given to the malformation resulting in 

 a twin 1 cy, when, owing to an inequality in the 



circulation of the embryos, the weaker fetu- dies, anil 

 by the continually increasing pressure of the growing 

 fetus is flattened more and more against the uterine 

 walls, until the mass has a thickness little greater than 

 stout parchment. F., Position of, the position occu- 

 pied by the fetus in tile mother's womb. It may be 

 oblique, transverse, or longitudinal. Also, the posi- 

 tion occupied by the fetus with reference to the 

 mother- pelvis. See Table (p. 467). F., Presen- 

 tation of, that part of the fetus that presents in 

 labor. See Presentation. 

 Feuillea {fii-il'-e-ah) [after Louis Feuillet, a French 

 naturalist]. A genus of cucurbitaceous climbing 

 plant- The seeds of F. cordifolia, of Jamaica, are 

 emetic and purgative. F. trilobata, of Brazil, has 

 similar qualities. Unof. 

 Fever {fe'-ver) \_febris, a fever]. A systemic disease 

 or symptom of disease wdiose distinctive characteristic 

 is elevation of temperature, accompanied also by 

 quickened circulation, increased katabolism or tissue- 

 waste, and disordered secretions. F., Abdominal. 

 See F., Typhoid. F., Adeno-nervous. Synonym 

 of Plague, 1/. v. F., Adeno-typhoid. Synonym of 

 /•'. , Mediterranean. F., African. See /•'. , Yellow, 

 and Dengue. Also the same as /•'. , Congo. F. and 

 Ague. See F. , Intermittent. F., Amatory. See 

 Amatory. F., Anomalous, one the symptoms of 

 which are irregular. F., Aquamalarial. Same as F. , 

 Malarial. F., Ardent, a nonspecific, continued fever 

 occurring in hot climates, in which the ordinary symp- 

 toms of febricula are exaggerated. See Ardent. F., 

 Articular. See Dengue. F., Asthenic, one with a 

 low-fever temperature, weak circulation, and great loss 

 of nervous force. F., Ataxic. See /•'. , Typhus. F., 

 Atypic. See F. , Anomalous. F., Ballast, fever on 

 shipboard ; said to be due to decaying organic matter 

 in the ballast. F., Barbadoes. Synonym of /■'.. 

 Yellow. F., Barcelona. Synonym of F, Ye/' 

 F.-bark. See Alstonia. F., Bilious, one accom- 

 panying affections of the digestive organs. F., 

 Black. Synonym of Cerebrospinal meningitis. F., 

 Blackwater, a fever occurring on the west coast 

 Vfrica, and characterized by attacking only those 

 who have already suffered from malarial fever. 

 There i lill followed by lumbar pain, slight 



jaundice, fever, and the passage of porter-like urine 

 Bilious vomiting may occur, and death with uremic 

 symptoms. It occurs in paroxysms — in other words, 

 it is a paroxysmal hemoglobinuria. F., Bladdery. 

 1. A vulgar name for Pemphigus. 2. Same as /•'. , 

 Catheter. F. -blister, a vesicular or pustular dermal 

 eruption seen near the mouth, after a febrile disturb- 

 . often occurring after a common cold. See I terpen 

 facialh and //. labtalis. F., Boa Vista. Synonym 

 of/-., ) How. F., Bona, a form of malignant malarial 

 r in Algeria. F., Bouquet. Synonym of Dengue. 

 F., Brain, fever associated with cerebral disturbance, 

 or with inflammation of the cerebral meninges. F., 



