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FURSTENAU, JOHN- Herman, 
was born at ‘Her. 
m 
i y at sag age of 
eighteen, and attended with iigeice An rd hoo it- 
tem mberg, Jena, and Halle, and became a cent in ie 
cine in tke laft mentioned univerfity. About 1709 h 
tarned to Herforden, and immediately oe a uate 
able fhare of praétice ; but having conceived the defign of 
wise the Low Countries, he commenced his journey in 
171 1, in order to hear thofe great mafters of his art, who 
at that time flourifhed fo numeroufly in the cities of Amfler- 
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dam, trecht, the Ha elft, and Dordrecht. 
Having profited much by their inftrudtions, ther in the 
chair, in hofpitals, or in pr c ication, he returned 
ear, and recommended 
the practice of his profeffion with the fame ardour as when 
he quitted cae but with more knowledge and greater re- 
ources. erthelefs he alae — his practice by 
t 
the firit of thefe -was frequently re-printed, and 
bears the title of “ Defiderata Medica.’’ It includes alfo 
“ Defiderata Anatomico-Phyfiologica ; Dace circa 
or m figna; Que ee in Praxi Medi- 
ca; Defiderata Chirurgica.” “ De s Medicorum 
i lis,”” 1° “De ses “Surifeonfulto- 
la”? 1721. 4. “ De Dyfenteri oo a in puer- 
pera Differtatio,”’ 172 5, * eee ees nnu 
a Maciftratiis Academici imprefia,” 1724. an 172 
FURSTENAU, in Geography, a town of Germany, in n the 
bifhopric of Ofnabruck 5 15 miles N.N.W. of Ofnabruck. 
—Alfo, atown of paral in the margraviate of cane n 3} 
3 miles S. of Lauenftein Ifo, a town of Pru n Po. 
merania, 8 miles N. of M. erienburg. —Alfo, atown Of Silefis 
in the principality of Breflau; 15 miles S.W. of Breflau.— 
i mee mY in the _county of Erbach, on 
the Mumling ; 4 mile rbach. 
FURSTENBERG, a acon of Germany, in the county 
of Waldeck ; 3 10 miles N. of Waldec 0, a town of 
Epifto 
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long. 8° 27'—Alfo, a principality of 
Germany, in the circle of Swabia, founded i th 
century, and divided into feveral branches, all ae a are 
extinct except that of Stublingen.—Alfo, a town of Ger 
many, in the bi 
Wrensenbur oe 
mil les S. of papeaia on the Oder 
8.—Alfo, a of Germany, 3 in ite duchy ¢ of 
ibang on Hier al romiles S.E. of Strelitz. 
53° g. 13°14. 
FURSTENECK, a town and caftle of Germany, in 
the bithopric of Fulda ; ; 13 miles N. of Fulda. 
URSTENFELD, a townof the duchy of Stiria, on 
t.52°9', E. long. 
Meck- 
N. lat. 
ie confines of Hungary, near the aa - the rivers 
Feiitritz and Laufnitz 5 30 miles E. of ‘ - 
I fo, a town of ‘Germ 
the Rew Mark of Brandenburg 10 miles N. of Cultrin. 
14° 42 
N. lat. 52°48’. E. long. 1 
opric of Paderborn ; 2 miles N.E. a in 
—Alfo, atown of mae on the Oder ; 13 
FUR 
URSTENWALDE, a town of Germany, in the 
Middle Mark of Brandenburg, on the Spree ; 26 miles E. 
Berlin, N. lat. 52° 22’. E. long. 14° 8—Alfo, a 
town of Saxony, in the margraviate of Meiffen -2 niles 
of Lauentteia 
“FURSTENWERDER, a town of Germany, in the 
circle of Upper Saxony, between the Damfee and Wahren- 
fee, in the Ucker Mark of Brandenburg ; 3 Io miles W.N. Ws 
of Prenzlow. N. lat. 53’ 23’. ng. 13° 36’. 
FURTH, a town of Lower Bavaria, on the ee 
lat. 
56 miles N.N W. of Pafiau. N. Ey 
12'42'——Alfo, a town of Germany, in the trl of i 
_ Rhine; 6 miles S.E. of Heppenheim.—Alo, 
a tow rmany, in the principality os hoe 
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on the ag : large and ie eae a with a number. 
aes this town ne Jews loeb a fynagogue 
iles W. Nure 
UM, a {mall ee in “ i. near the E. coaft 
of bhilaa N. lat. 57° ae E. long. 16° 32', 
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a — which is well known to be a circumf{cribed, very ae 
t, hard, deep red, oe fore, inflammatory, little 
fs welling, fearcely ever becoming larger than a pigeon’s egg, 
and, 1 a neral, being contest imaller. 
The mour, r. Pearfon has defcribed, generally ap- 
pears fale the fig ure “Of a cone, the bafe of which is a a good 
deal below the furface, while the apex is feldom much ele- 
vated above the level of the fkin. Upon the moft prominent 
part of the boil there is commonly a whitifh or livid puftule, 
which is exquifitely “a and immediately under which. 
the abfcefs is fituate reader fhould underftand 
i it is the difpofition of bel . enter into an imperfeét 
of fuppuration, vic alfo takes place w ‘as remarkable 
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fownele. contained in the {welling is fmall in 
quantity, mixed <i red globules, and ae nded a 
floughy lubftence, which formsa fort of cyft. 
In ordinary cafes, only one boil occurs on the fame fubjea, 
but fometimes many fuch tumours are met with on the fame 
atient. _ is oe to happen more eae d on chil- 
e termination of fome acute difeafe. 
as to require the: 
furgeon, unlefs when the “fwellin ng is above 
the ufual fize, or there are feveral affeCting the fame patient, 
and ee febrile fymptoms. 
We obferve ne, i furunculus i is a complaint which 
is much e common in <a dren = t young perfons aoe in 
people more Ae ee in may inter from this cir- 
upon and from feveral of thefe ieee often occur- 
g on the fame patient, that the caufes are of a contti- 
tutional defexption although their exaét nature feems in- 
volved in obfcur 
The chief sndientions { in the treatment are, in gener eral, 
promote eta to make a free and early ee - ith 
a lancet, refs out the‘ matter and flor he - 
coe ay thea he continued two or three ce leagen at 
the end of —_ time any fimple drefling will ferve to com-~ 
plete the c 
In the jority of cafes it would = retard the termina- 
tion of the complaint to attempt to 
of the ig as on, a 
allow, however, that a few inflances do occur in which fuch 
