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Suppuration upon a protracted pain of the parts about the bowels is bad.
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Suppuration was common, at least 60 per cent. of the wounds becoming infected.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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Suppuration set in at the spots where the flesh turned black and all the men said it was a bad-looking wound.
A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 Frederick S. Dellenbaugh
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Suppuration was of the character already described in the general section, affecting particularly the bone itself, and accompanied by very marked signs of general infection.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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Suppuration of wounds is undoubtedly due to these organisms, as is tubercular disease, whether of surgical or medical character.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 Various
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Suppuration and osteo-myelitis were the dangerous features when they occurred; still, even in the presence of these, I never saw a fatal result in an upper extremity fracture, although in the lower extremity
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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Suppuration of operative and accidental wounds was, until recently, supposed to be essential.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 Various
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Suppuration occurred, and when the wound was laid open the third and fourth lumbar spinous processes were found to be loosened, but still connected to the surrounding soft parts.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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Suppuration and high temperature should not occur after operation wounds if no suppuration has existed previously.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 Various
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Suppuration was soon established, the dressings were changed daily, and within two weeks 'time there was a noticeable diminution in the size of the mass and an improvement in the patient's general condition.
With Sabre and Scalpel. The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon John Allan 1914
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