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Definition of Pustules
1. pustule [n] - See also: pustule
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pustules
Literary usage of Pustules
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1892)
"It seems to the recorder that the case indicates an infectious process manifested
by pustules in the skin and mucous membrane of short duration, ..."
2. The Principles of Midwifery: Including the Diseases of Women and Children by John Burns (1843)
"Occasionally, a greater number of pustules appear on the body, pretty large,
hard, and inflamed round the base, with a white top. ..."
3. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1866)
"guished by the appearance of the pustules. In this case, there may be a slight
fever when the disease spreads extensively over the face and neck. ..."
4. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1868)
"The pustules then break, and scabs or crusts form over them, which usually ...
The number of pustules in any special case and the severity of the disease, ..."
5. The Pathology and treatment of venereal diseases: Including the Results of by Freeman Josiah Bumstead (1870)
"Syphilitic pustules may appear upon any portion of the integument. ... Commencing
upon the head, pustules often extend to the face and other parts of the ..."
6. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1841)
"These pustules, he says, cannot be compared to those of variola, ... pustules of
the mucous membrane, as seen in the aphthae and eruptions of the mucous ..."
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