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furuncle

[fyoor-uhng-kuhl] / ˈfyʊər ʌŋ kəl /




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June second, a puncture was made at the base of the small cone of pus at the apex of a furuncle on the nape of the neck.

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

Third observation.—The fourteenth of June, a new furuncle appeared on the neck of the same person.

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

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

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

Fourth observation.—June fourteenth, the same individual showed me a newly forming furuncle in the left axilla: there was wide- spread thickening and redness of the skin, but no pus was yet apparent.

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




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