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Definition of Furuncles
1. furuncle [n] - See also: furuncle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Furuncles
Literary usage of Furuncles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Philadelphia Medical Times (1882)
"He incises the furuncles if they are not already open, so that the antiseptic
agent may be brought directly in contact with the focus of infection. ..."
2. The Diseases of the Ear: Their Diagnosis and Treatment : a Textbook of Aural by Anton Friedrich Tröltsch, Daniel Bennett St. John Roosa (1864)
"furuncles of the auditory canal are exactly similar in their nature to the
furuncles which so commonly appear in other parts of the body. ..."
3. Handbook of Therapy by Oliver Thomas Osborne, Morris Fishbein, Jerome Henry Salisbury (1915)
"The knitting needle can be stuck through a cork for a handle. To prevent further
furuncles developing the skin should be cleansed with soap, ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1870)
"Investigations as to /he Canse of (he Great Gravity of Anthrax and furuncles of
the Face.—The numbers of the Archives Generalen de Médecine for June, July, ..."
5. A Practical Treatise on the Medical and Surgical Uses of Electricity by George Miller Beard, Alphonso David Rockwell (1883)
"Gangrene.—Gangrene may be treated electrically in various ways, but especially
by electrolysis and galvano-cautery. Carbuncles and furuncles. ..."
6. Text-book of otology for physicians and students by Friedrich von Bezold, Fr Siebenmann (1908)
"Otitis Externa Circumscripta (furuncles, Abscesses). Gentlemen :—The external
meatus is the seat of predilection for furuncles, on account of the great ..."
7. The Diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the ear by Oren Day Pomeroy (1886)
"furuncles are usually found in the neighborhood of the ceruminous glands, the
sweat glands, or the hair follicles. It is generally believed that one of ..."
8. First Principles of Otology by Albert Henry Buck (1903)
"Circumscribed Inflammation; furuncles. The external auditory canal seems to ...
in eczema), very often leads to the formation of furuncles in the outer or ..."
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