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When softened they may be opened with a lancet and the pus allowed to escape gradually, but as this process is tedious, he prefers the entire removal of the glands with the knife, premissing, however, that no gland should be cut into which cannot be well grasped by the hand and pulled from its seat.
Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century Henry Ebenezer Handerson
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