furuncle
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Origin of furuncle
1670–80; < Latin fūrunculus petty thief, boil, equivalent to fūr thief ( cf. furtive) + -unculus diminutive suffix extracted from derivatives of n-stems; see homunculus
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Third observation.—The fourteenth of June, a new furuncle appeared on the neck of the same person.
From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various
Blood from the arm at a distance from the furuncle remained completely sterile.
From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various
Second observation.—On the tenth of June a new furuncle made its appearance on the right thigh of the same person.
From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various
In brief, it appears certain that every furuncle contains an aerobic microscopic parasite, to which is due the local inflammation and the pus formation that follows.
From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various
Fourth observation.—June fourteenth, the same individual showed me a newly forming furuncle in the left axilla: there was wide- spread thickening and redness of the skin, but no pus was yet apparent.
From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various
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