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FORAMEN 



the feet at the margins of the hoofs, and in cows, on the 

 udder and teats. In man, vesicles form in the mouth, on 

 the hands and feet. In two or three days, these rupture, 

 discharging an opaque, yellowish fluid, and leaving 

 dark-red ulcers. There are also fever, anorexia, pain on 

 eating, swelling of the tongue, fetid breath, salivation, 

 and derangement of digestion. See Eczema epizootica, 

 and Streptocytus of Eczema epizootica, Schottelius, under 

 Bacteria, Synonymatic Table of. F. -phenomenon. 

 ^ee Ankle-clonus. F.-pound, the work required to 

 overcome a force equal to raising the weight of a 



pound through the space of a foot. See Unit. F.- 

 poundal, the work done by a poundal acting through 

 one foot. F.-rot, a disease of sheep, said to be due 

 to pasturing in wet ground. One form is contagious ; 

 and the disease is said by some to be tuberculous in 

 nature. 



Footling (foot' -ling) [ME., foote\ With the foot or 

 feet foremost ; as a footling presentation in obstetrics. 



Foramen (fo-ra'-men) [forare, to pierce]. A passage 

 or opening, especially one in a bone. A Table of 

 Foramina is appended. 



TABLE OF FORAMINA. 



■>f medulla ob- See Cecal, anterior. 



rata). 



