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furuncle

[fyoor-uhng-kuhl] / ˈfyʊər ʌŋ kəl /




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From furuncle, abscess, and sebaceous, fatty and fibroid tumors.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

If I ventured to express myself so I might say that in this case at least the osteomyelitis was really a furuncle of the bone marrow.

From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various

The following days, the blood from the finger remained absolutely sterile: but that obtained from the center of the forming furuncle gave an abundant growth of the same small organism as before.

From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various

June 17, the examination of a fresh furuncle on the same individual gave the same result, the development of a pure culture of the same organism.

From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various

The immediate result was a large furuncle under the arm and the affliction for which I was consulted.

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




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