suppurate

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These sores, especially when deep, suppurate freely, and if there are no complications they tend to heal rapidly as soon as the degenerated tissue has softened and is entirely removed.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

The diseased action extends into the throat, mouth and eyes, while the whole face becomes swollen and erysipelatous, and the lymphatic glands under the jaws inflame and suppurate.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various

The testis in men is also liable to suppurate with great pain, long confinement, and much danger; and lastly the affection of the brain is fatal to many.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

Such glands rarely suppurate or undergo a necrotic degeneration; sometimes they become permanently indurated.

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

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