Quotation from: Manual of Surgery

Written by: Alexander Miles and Alexis Thomson


When the abscess develops slowly, the condition resembles tuberculous
disease, from which it may be diagnosed by the history of typhoid fever,
and by obtaining a positive Widal reaction.


The prognosis is favourable, but recovery is apt to be slow, and relapse
is not uncommon.


It is usually sufficient to incise the periosteum, but when the disease
occurs in a rib it may be necessary to resect a portion of bone.

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