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Herpes

a skin affection, composed of vesicles grouped on an inflamed surface, as in the lip (herpes labialis) in pneumonia, or as shingles (herpes zoster) where they form a belt round half the body. Duration, from 16 to 20 days.

Copyright Ewing Galloway THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL AT WASHINGTON COLLIER'S NEW ENCYCLOPEDIA A SELF-REVISING REFERENCE WORK WITH LOOSE-LEAF FEATURES IN TEN BOUND VOLUMES WITH 515 ILLUSTRATIONS AND NINETY-SIX MAPS, SUPPLEMENTED BY A LOOSE-LEAF VOLUME VOLUME FIVE P. F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY NEW YORK Copyright, 1921 By P. F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY MANUFACTURED IN U. S. A.

GENERAL EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD AND CONTRIBUTING EDITORS DR. WILLIAM A. NEILSON, CHAIRMAN PRESIDENT SMITH COLLEGE, NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

REAR ADMIRAL AUSTIN M. KNIGHT FORMER PRESIDENT OF NAVAL WAR COLLEGE, NEWPORT, R. I. PRESIDENT OF NAVAL WAR COLLEGE, NEWPORT, R. I.

DR. JOSEPH H. ODELL DIRECTOR, SERVICE CITIZENS OF DELAWARE, WILMINGTON, DEL. DR. KENNETH C. M. SILLS PRESIDENT BOWDOIN COLLEGE, BRUNSWICK, ME.

DR. HENRY S. CANBY EDITOR LITERARY REVIEW, NEW YORK, N. Y.

DR. W. T. COUNCILMAN DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY, HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, BOSTON, MASS. DR. CHARLES F. THWING PRESIDENT WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, CLEVELAND, OHIO DR. EDWIN GREENLAW UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, N. C.

DR. J. H. KIRKLAND CHANCELLOR VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, NASHVILLE, TENN.

PROFESSOR IRVING FISHER YALE UNIVERSITY, NEW HAVEN, CONN.

EDITOR IN CHIEF FRANCIS J. REYNOLDS FORMER REFERENCE LIBRARIAN, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS MANAGING EDITOR ALLEN L. CHURCHILL ASSOCIATE EDITOR THE NEW INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA CONTRIBUTING EDITORS J. W. DUFFIELD EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE NEW YORK TIMES ALBERT SONNICHSEN ECONOMIST, WAR CORRESPONDENT T. C. SHAFFER PROFESSOR OF HISTORY B. H. GOLDSMITH EDITOR, ECONOMIST BENEDICT FITZPATRICK FORMERLY LITERARY EDITOR OF THE LONDON MAIL C. E. MELOY SMITH DREXEL INSTITUTE, CONSULTING ENGINEER E. D. PIERSON EDITOR, CORRESPONDENT LONDON TIMES J. B. GIBSON COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY J. L. FRENCH EDITOR, AUTHOR List of Illustrations LINCOLN MEMORIAL - Colored Frontispiece Opposite page 52 HIEROGLYPHICS-TEMPLE OF DENDERA HIEROGLYPHICS-THEBES HIEROGLYPHICS-CLAY POSTAGE IDOL FOUND IN HONDURAS HARBOR OF HONG KONG, CHINA HYDRAULIC POWER HOUSE HYDRAULIC MINING PALISADES, HUDSON RIVER Opposite page 132 DELHI, CAPITAL OF INDIA PRIMITIVE BRIDGE, INDIA SNAKE CHARMERS, INDIA ELEPHANTS IN PARADE, INDIA PEARL MOSQUE, AGRA, INDIA INDIANS IN PERU PATAGONIAN INDIANS HOPI INDIAN WOMEN AMERICAN INDIAN ARCHERS Opposite page 196 GIANT'S CAUSEWAY, IRELAND STREET IN BELFAST, IRELAND O'CONNELL BRIDGE, DUBLIN DRYING PEAT IN IRELAND

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