But I suspect they are rarely applicable to any other than the apostematous phthisis. Patients labouring under severe apostematous consumption, have often derived signal advantage from living solely on milk.
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Apostematous — Ap os*tem a*tous, a. Pertaining to, or partaking of the nature of, an aposteme. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
apostematous — … Useful english dictionary
apostematous cheilitis — see c. glandularis … Medical dictionary
apostemate — verb To become an aposteme; to pustulate. and afterwards the Breaſt ſwelled, and ſeemed to apoſtemate. See Also: apostematous … Wiktionary
cheilitis glandularis — a rare disease in which the lower lip becomes enlarged and later everted, exposing inflamed and dilated openings of accessory salivary glands; the glands themselves are enlarged and sometimes nodular. It may be associated with carcinoma of the… … Medical dictionary
