Quotation from: Manual of Surgery

Written by: Alexander Miles and Alexis Thomson


_Residual abscess_ is the name given to an abscess that makes its
appearance months, or even years, after the apparent cure of tuberculous
disease--as, for example, in the hip-joint or spine. It is called
residual because it has its origin in the remains of the original
disease.


[Illustration: FIG. 34.--Tuberculous Abscess in right lumbar region in a
woman aged thirty.]

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