Vibices
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Vibices are linear skin hemorrhages that appear as streaks. They are typically associated with severe acute infectious diseases, such as typhus or septicemia, and occasionally with serious systemic intoxications.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
VIBICES (Latin: scar), hemorrhages into the skin that take the form of streaks; they are observed in certain acute, often prognostically unfavorable, infectious diseases, for example, in typhus, septicemia, and less frequently in severe general intoxications (see also Hemorrhage).
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“Vibices.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/vibices/