CHAPTER XVIL 
GENERAL DISEASES. 
ABSCESS, RICKETS, 
TUMOURS, OSTITIS, 
CANCER, PERIOSTITIS, 
BRONCHOCELE, SCROFULA, 
PAROTITIS, GLANDERS, 
DIPHTHERIA, SMALL-POX, 
DISTEMPER, MEASLES, 
MALIGNANT DISTEMPER, TETANUS, 
DROPSY CRAMP, 
LEUKA‘MIA, HEART DISEASES, 
ANAEMIA, PERICARDITIS, 
MARASMUS, EMBOLISM, 
PLETHORA, EMPHYSEMA, 
OBESITY, NAVUS. 
RHEUMATISM, 
ABSCESS. 
AN adscess signifies an encysted collection of pus, z¢, 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 body, 
and be superficial or deep-seated, 
Internal abscesses are frequently associated with a 
phthisical or scrofulous diathesis, hence pueumonic, 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 formatior 
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