EMPICEMA (Gr.), an internal suppuration, a word now applied exclusively to a col lection of pus in the pleura, causing pressure of the lung, and often attended by hectic fever. See.PLEURISY.
EMPYRETMA(Gr. empyreuo, I kindle), the burned smell and acrid taste which result when vegetable or animal substances are decomposed by a strong. heat. The cause of the smell and taste resides in an oil called empyreunsatie, which does not exist naturally in the substance, but is formed by its decomposition.
a river in the n.w. of Germany, rises in Westphalia, at the southern base of the Teutoburger Wald, and flowing first in a north-western, and then through the Hanoverian territories in a northern direction, empties itself into Dollart bay, an estuary of the German ocean, after a course of 250 miles. Its chief aftluents are the Aa, the Haase, and the Leda. It is navigable for vessels of 100 tons as high as Pappenburg, which is 25 m. up the river from Dollart bay. The E. drains a basin of about 5,000 sq.m. in
extent. In 1818, it was connected by a canal with the Lippe, and thus with the Rhine, which greatly increased its importance with respect to commerce and navigation.
EMS, usually called the Baths of Ems, to distinguish it from other places of the same name, a bathing-place known to the Romans, and celebrated in Germany as early as the 14th century. It is situated about 4 m. from Coblenz, near the most picturesque parts of the Rhine, in a beautiful valley in the province of Hessen-Nassau, traversed by the navigable river Lahn, and surrounded by wooded hills. Pop. '75, 6,104. Its warm mineral springs belong to the class containing soda; the only essential difference between the numerous springs is in the temperature varying from 24° to 46° Reaumur, and in the greater or lesser amount of carbonic acid gas contained in them. The bathing establish ments are comfortably and luxuriously fitted up, as are also the hotels and private lodging-houses.