suppurate

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When boils progress to the stage where they appear about to "point" then stop and do not suppurate, Echinacea is the remedy.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock

“He is in the most favourable position for the wounds in his back and chest to suppurate easily, and absolute rest is necessary.”

From The Secret of the Island by Kingston, William Henry Giles

If the Fallopian tubes are involved, and this happens frequently, they suppurate, and often they must be removed by coeliotomy.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin

As soon, however, as these show a tendency to suppurate poultices should be applied, and the resulting ulcer treated as if occurring under other circumstances.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

The head swells to an enormous extent, becoming so heavy that the animal cannot support it, and therefore drags it along the ground; the ears suppurate.

From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Morris, Edward Ellis