abscess

• The fourth is an affection rather of the neck, due to an inflammation of the vertebrć--retropharyngeal abscess--that may be followed by luxation and is complicated by great difficulty of respiration. —  Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages
• This indicates an abscess, and necessitates an incision to drain the pus, followed by the careful cleansing and dressing of the wound But cases occur in which all the treatment that has been described fails to effect a full recovery, and instead a fibrous tumor begins to develop. —  Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
• The application of warm poultices of oil meal or ground flaxseed, enveloping the whole joint and kept in place by bandages, is often followed by absorption of the swelling, or, if the abscess is in process of formation, by the active excretion of pus. —  Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
• From this time on the abscess is said to be "pointing," or "coming to a head," which is shown by a small elevated or projecting prominence, which at first is dry, but soon becomes moist with transuded serum. —  Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
• As soon as the discharge has become again established the abscess should be opened from its lowest extremity, and the passage thus formed may be kept open by the introduction of a seton. —  Special Report on Diseases of the Horse

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