CHAPTER XVII. 



GENERAL DISEASES. 



ABSCESS, OBESITY, 



TUMORS, RHEUMATISM, 



BRONCHOCELE, RICKETS, 



DIPHTHERIA, SCROFULA, 



DISTEMPER, GLANDERS, 



DROPSY, SMALL-POX, 



LEUKEMIA, MEASLES, 



ANEMIA, TETANUS, 



MARASMUS, CRAMP, 



PLETHORA, HEART DISEASES. 



ABSCESS. 



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

 tity 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 very frequently associated with a 

 phthisical or scrofulus diathesis, hence pneumonic, hipatic, 

 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 bcicome 

 the seat of their formation. 



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