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REMINGTON, and oi rilles passed 18 REMSCHEID. of typewriters and oi rilles passed into otlier hands. REMIKEMONT, re-mer'moN'. A town in Hit' department of osges. Franee, on the left banU of the Moselle (Map: Franee. X 3). The resi- deuee huilding of the old abbey lias been rebuilt and is now used as the hotel de ville. There is a trade in o.sges eheese. Cotton goods, em- broideries, and ironware are manufactured. I'opulation, in lUOl. 10,322. REMITTENT FEVER (from T,at. remitieiis, pres. part, of rtiiiiltcrr, to send back, from re-, back again, anew -- millere, to send). A form of malarial fever characterized by a regular low- ering of the temperature, which, however, always remains above the normal point. In this respect it diU'ers from intermittent malaria, in which there is an interval of entire absence of fever (apyrexia) ; and from the eontiiuunis variety, in which the body heat remains coiitimiously I'le- vated. The causative agent in remittent fever is the cstivo-auttininal variety of the plasiiiodiuiii malariie of Laverau. (See Mai,aria.) The se- verer forms of remittent fever prevail in the Southern States and in tropical countries. They are found in Southern Asia, Western Africa. Cen- tral America, and the West Indies. The disease is sometimes, though improperly, called bilious remittent fever. The syiiqitoms of this type are very severe and characterized by typhoid or cach- ectic features such as occur in the worst cases of intermittent fever, viz. coma, delirium, vom- iting, collapse, and hemorrhages from various parts of the body. In certain localities eases occur in which ha'iuoglobinuria (the presence of altered blood in the urine) is a prominent symp- tom. The urine assumes a port-wine color, or becomes almost black, the patient is jaundiced, and in fatal eases death takes place from sup- pression of urine with coma, or from collapse or syncope. A milder type of remittent fever is seen in tem- perate climates, especially in the late summer and fall. The symptoms are much less ])ro- nouneed than those of typical intermittent fever, and consist of loss of a|)petite, nausea, chill, slight jaundice, and a colorless diarrhoia. The chill is not severe and may appear only once in the course of an attack, which lasts from a few days to two or three weeks. The temperature is not unlike that of a mild typhoid fever (q.v. ), and the disease is not infrequently mistaken for typhoid. The treatment of remittent fever is the same as that of other forms of malarial fever. Qui- nine in doses pro))ortioned to the severity of the attack acts as a specifie. Tonics must also be given and attention paid to the general health. See Tntkrmittent Pevee. REMONSTRANTS. See Arminianlsm. REMORA ( Neo-Lat., from Lat. remora, delay, from rr-, back again, anew + mora, delay), or SfCKlNG-Fisn. A fish of the family Echeneidi- dsp, interesting because of its commensal habit. The remoras attach themselves to sharks and otlier large fishes by a sucking-disk on the top of the head. They have an elongated body, cov- ered with very small scales; one soft-rayed dor- sal fin, situated above the anal fin ; the head flattened and covered with an elongated disk extending back beyond it, which exhibits numer- ous transverse cartilaginous lamina; directed backward, and has a free llexil)le broad margin. Tlicse lamina' are formed by moililication of the spinous processes of a first dorsal fin, and when SUCKING-DISK OK A RE.MORA. THE WEST i.NDiAN' UKMOKA {lilioijibovliirus osteochir). they arc rai.sed after the margin of the disk has been closely applied to a smooth surface, a vacuum is created ; and so powerful is this appa- ratus that great weights may be dragged by a remora, while it obstinately refuses to let go its hold. A remora thus attached to a shark or turtle may be car- ried about for weeks, leaving its liost only to secure food, injur- ing the shark in no way save, perhaps, by the slight check its presence gives to the shark's speed in swimming. In Mada- gascar native turtle-catchers put a ring about the narrow caudal end of the remora's body, attach a line to this ring, and thus use the fish for catching turtles. Several species of the familj' are known, dwelling in all the warmer seas. They are mostly small fishes, one or two feet in length, and of plain colors, or striped lengthwise in brown and white. One (Remora hmrhyptera) is occasionally caught as far north as Cape Cod. A rarer form is RhombocMrus osleochir. which attaches itself to spearfishes (Tetrapturus) . More numerous is related species called 'shark-sucker' H((»cra/c.s) . (See Sh.ric-Sucker. .Jordan and Evermann, Fishes of Middle America (Washington, 1898). REMPHAN. A word which, occurs in Acts vii. 43 in a passage quoted from the Septuagint text of Amos v. 26. In Amos the reading is Chiun. which is evidently intended either as the name of a heathen deity or as a symbol of idol- atrous worship, and is generally explained as the Babylonian name of the planet Saturn (see CiiiUN). Why Remphan (Raiphan, Rephan in some texts) should be substituted in the Sep- tuagint is hard to explain. The attempt to con- nect it with an Egj'ptian name for Saturn is not satisfactory. A plausible suggestion is that it represents a misreading or alteration of the Hebrew. REMSCHEID, rem'shlt. A city in the Rhine Province Prussia, 19 miles northeast of Cologne (Map: Prussia, B 3). It has several fine tech- nical schools. Remscheid's manufactures are mainly small steel and iron wares (tools, scythes, skates, etc. ) , in which industry it ranks first in Germany. There are also ma- chine shops, rolling mills, and manufactures of silk ribbons. The city carries on a large export trade chiefly with America, Russia, and the Orient. Rerascheid is first mentioned in 1132. Its industries were stimulated by Protestant refu- gees from Holland and France. Population (commune), in 1890, 40,371; in 1900, 58,108. the closely (Echeneis Consult North and