abscess

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Indeed there were: some 320 towns in Byelorussia alone bore names like Roofless, Slobsville and Dirt; Abscess, Deviltry and Grief.*

From Time Magazine Archive

Nevertheless some Days after, or, in other Instances, some Weeks, fresh Pains are excited, to which an Inflammation and Abscess succeed, which are to be treated as usual, with Emollients, and seasonably opened.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)

Abscess formation most commonly occurs beneath the triceps, and the abscess points at one or other edge of that muscle.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

If Suppuration has not been prevented by an immediate Extraction of the offending Substance, the Abscess should be opened as soon as ever Matter is formed.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)

Abscess Formation.—Spinal abscesses occur with greater frequency and at an earlier stage in adults than in children, because in adults the disease usually begins on the surface of the vertebræ.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander