CHAPTER XVII. 



GENERAL DISEASES. 



ABSCESS, 



TUMOURS, 



CANCER, 



BRONCHOCELE, 



DIPHTHERIA, 



DISTEMPER, 



MALIGNANT DISTEMPER, 



DROPSY, 



LEUKEMIA, 



ANEMIA, 



MARASMUS, 



PLETHORA, 



OBESITY, 



RHEUMATISM, 



RICKETS, 



OSTITIS, 



PERIOSTITIS, 



SCROFULA, 



GLANDERS, 



SMA.LL-POX, 



MEASLES, 



TETANUS, 



CRAMP, 



HEART DISEASES, 



PERICARDITIS, 



EMBOLISM, 



EMPHYSEMA. 



ABSCESS. 



An abscess signifies an encysted collection of pus, i. e., a 

 quantity of matter enclosed in a newly-formed cyst or 

 capsule. 



An abscess may be external or internal, acute or chronic. 



External abscess may exist on any portion of the bbdy> 

 and be superficial or deep-seated. 



Internal abscesses are frequently associated with a 

 phthisical or scrofulous diathesis, hence pneumonic, hepatic^ 

 and mesenteric abscess. 



Or they may exist independently of such diatheses, and 

 arise from acute inflammatory diseases, blood-poisoning,, 

 wounds, and the like, and any of the internal organs be- 

 come the seat of their formatiop- 

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