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Definition of Quinsies
1. quinsy [n] - See also: quinsy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quinsies
Literary usage of Quinsies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Archives of Surgery (1893)
"Mrs. N herself was a stout, rather florid lady, of not very vigorous health.
She had been through life liable to quinsies, and she associated the ..."
2. A Text-book on Diseases of the Ear, Nose and Throat by Charles Henry Burnett (1901)
"In view of such possibilities it is surprising that some authorities still counsel
against opening quinsies, preferring to wait for spontaneous evacuation. ..."
3. The New-England Journal of Medicine and Surgery: And Collateral Branches of edited by Walter Channing, John Ware (1821)
"... was long ago advised to prevent suffocation m quinsies of the worst kind.
Hippocrates recommends, when symptoms of suffocation are present, ..."
4. Ourselves, Our Food, and Our Physic by Benjamin Ridge (1861)
"quinsies should be somewhat differently treated, and the throat gargled with ...
8 and 9) are very beneficial in quinsies. The treatment in all these cases ..."
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