-
family were
flattering themselves with the
hopes of his recovery, when an
imposthume,
which had
formed itself in his lungs,
suddenly burst, and discharged...
-
condition in the
preface "Democritus
Junior to the Reader", "a kind of
imposthume in my head,
which I was very
desirous to be
unladen of and
could imagine...
- whitlowgr****. In the 1600s
Culpeper described it as "exceedingly good for
those imposthumes in the joints, and
under the nails,
which they call Whitlows, Felons...
-
arresting defluxions. They are
curative also of
inflammatory swellings and
imposthumes of the
parotid glands; and,
applied topically, they are good for affections...
-
According to
Reresby he had not been
gelded and the
cause of
death was an "
imposthume" (abscess) in the head (p. 149). In 1678, he
spoke in
favour of giving...
- and blood, when they
touched his
lungs they fell to
pieces and had an
imposthume in them
which they
think was the
cause of his
sudden death, his liver...
