suppurate

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Sometimes the parotis or maxillary glands suppurate, producing ulcers which are difficult to cure, and frequently destroy the patient, where there was a previous scrophulous tendency.

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

Scrophulous tumours are sometimes absorbed, and sometimes brought to suppurate by passing electric shocks through them daily for two or three weeks.

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

The inflamed bursa, which sometimes communicates with the joint, may suppurate, and the infection may spread to the joint.

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

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.

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