Quinsy

Quinsy also is fatal to dogs; and only a few recover from disease of the feet.

The History of Animals 2002

Unkle Quinsy too sends his Love to you, he is very good to call and see me, and so have all many other of my Friends been.

Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 16 October 1774 1963

Quinsy is rarely a dangerous disease, yet, occasionally, it leads to so much obstruction in the throat that death from suffocation ensues unless a surgeon opens the throat and inserts a tube.

The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) Kenelm Winslow

Quinsy is called cynanche, from the Greek words, _kuon_, a dog, and _ancho_, to strangle, because the distressed patient is compelled by the swollen state of his highly inflamed throat, to gasp with his mouth open like a choking dog.

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

Quinsy is characterized by much greater pain in the throat and in swallowing than is the case in tonsilitis, and the temperature is often higher -- sometimes 104° to 105° F.

The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) Kenelm Winslow

Quinsy differs from tonsilitis in the following respects: the swelling affects the immediate surrounding area of the throat; there are no white spots to be seen on the tonsil unless the trouble begins as an ordinary tonsilitis; there is great pain on swallowing, and finally abscess near the tonsil in most cases.

The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) Kenelm Winslow

Malignant Quinsy; and, arguing in algebraic fashion from the known to the unknown, it was not difficult to be convinced that the poetic flights of the examinador were equally the work of fond flattery.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873 Various

= -- Quinsy is a peritonsilitis; that is, it is an inflammatory disease of the tissues in which the tonsil is imbedded, an inflammation around the tonsil.

The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) Kenelm Winslow

Quinsy is like the forcible extraction of prickly thorns from wool, or like a thick rope drawn through a small aperture; the kiss referred to is like the extracting of a hair from milk.

Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala Various

Quinsy involves the surrounding structures of the throat, and usually results in abscess.

The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) Kenelm Winslow