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The tendency for innocent members of a group to feel threatened by the reprimand directed toward one or more misbehaving persons.  

A sterile solution of sodium chloride, potassium chloride, and calcium chloride in water for injection is given as a fluid and electrolyte replenisher by intravenous injection.  

Rigidity of the body that occurs after death. A condition in which the muscles of a dead body become stiff after death and then become relaxed again. Stiff rigid muscles characteristic of death. Rigid stiffening of the skeleton and some muscles shortly after death. The temporary stiffening of the muscles of the body after death.…

A chill. An attack of shivering, often with fever. Rigidity of the tissues of the body, as m rigor mortis. A rigidity of muscle tissue that prevents the muscle from responding to stimulation. An abrupt attack of shivering and a sensation of coldness, accompanied by a rapid rise in body temperature. This often marks the…

A splint made from a firm material, either unbending or flexible, to be applied to an injured extremity to prevent motion at the site of a fracture or dislocation.  

An ego defense mechanism involving reliance upon inner restraints: suppression, repression, and reaction formation.  

A legal principle according to which a patient must receive at least minimal treatment, in terms of amount and quality, that will provide a realistic opportunity for meaningful improvement.  

A legal principle in which a patient may decline to participate in unconventional or risky treatments.  

Transmitted by mites carried by the house mouse. A disease found in North America, caused by Rickettsia akari passed to humans by bites from mites which live on mice. A disease of mice caused by the microorganism Rickettsia akari and transmitted to man by mites: it produces chills, fever, muscular pain, and a rash similar…

A microorganism smaller than bacteria but larger than a virus. A genus of microorganisms which causes several diseases including Q fever and typhus. Small micro-organisms possessing some of the characteristics of bacteria (visibility, binary fission) and other features associated with viruses (obligatory intracellular parasitism). Some species cause typhus fever in man. Rickettsia are small (0.35…