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Their initial diagnosis was "inflammatory quinsy," and their only treatment was bleeding. ... Only the rapid establishment of an airway guarantees survival in acute epiglottits, while a 'quinsy' may have drained itself and 'croup' would never have led to death in a patient 67 years of age."
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Use quinsy in a Sentence ... See web results for quinsy ... See images of quinsy...
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He diagnosed Washington's illness as "inflammatory quinsy," an infection of the throat. He applied a blister of cantharides externally to the throat, hoping to draw the inflammation to the surface, and he performed a second bleeding.
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Quinsy is usually accompanied by considerable fever, ... Under proper treatment, the complaint will generally subside after a few days, but when neglected at the commencement, or where the inflammatory symptoms run high, the tonsils are very apt to gather and break, discharging a quantity of matter of a nauseous taste,
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Which US President died from Quinsy - trivia question /questions answer / answers ... George Washington's doctors said the cause was 'inflammatory quinsy,' a severe infection of the throat. ... I understood that peritonsillar abscess was also known as quinsy.
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Much less often quinsy begins with inflammatory changes in tonsils, and general toxic symptoms come a little bit later. In these cases in the beginning patients are disturbed by pharyngalgias at swallowing which within days join a fever, the general delicacy, a headache and others.
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He diagnosed the illness as inflammatory quinsy and bled him once more. Two more doctors, who had been called for consultation arrived, and Mr. Washington was bled a third, and then a fourth time. By the afternoon, Mr. Washington thanked the doctors for their attention, but asked that they leave him.
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Presidents born before the USA became a country: ... John Quincy Adams ... George Washington - bled to death by his doctors as treatment for "inflammatory quinsy"
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At sunrise, Dr. James Craig arrived at 9 A.M. and diagnosed the illness as "inflammatory quinsy." What in the world is that? During the morning, Washington was bled three times and two more doctors were summoned. One counseled against bleeding, but more blood was taken!
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