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Tonsilitis or something of the sort set in, and he did not get any better, so we took him to Hartford.
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The throat is generally deep red, and the tonsils may be dotted over with white spots (see Tonsilitis) or covered with a whitish or gray membrane suggesting diphtheria, which occasionally complicates scarlet fever.
The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) Kenelm Winslow
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Tonsilitis is a disease that runs a certain course and gets better, or the patient develops some other more serious conditions as a result of neglect or carelessness.
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Tonsilitis begins abruptly with pronounced prostration and a high fever the first day.
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Tonsilitis begins much like _grippe_, with fever, headache, backache and pain in the limbs, sore throat, and pain in swallowing.
The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) Kenelm Winslow
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Tonsilitis, because of its likeness to diphtheria, must be promptly and carefully diagnosed.
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Tonsilitis is medically regarded as one of the mild diseases of childhood.
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-- Tonsilitis is a germ disease and is contagious.
The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) Kenelm Winslow
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Tonsilitis was seldom fatal, after all; and what an excellent excuse to visit her it would be when she was getting better!
Tutors' Lane 1937
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Mush and Milk Sociables, a lodge of Elks and two married Preachers who doctored for the Tonsilitis.
Fables in Slang George Ade 1905
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