Fistulas may arise from wounds of glandular organs or their ducts, and thus we have the so-called mammary or lacrimal fistulas.
Again, a fistula is sometimes noted at the umbilicus associated with hernia, and recto-vaginal fistulas have been developed in mares, following difficult parturition.
Although the successful treatment of fistulas requires time and patience, the majority of cases are curable.
Fistulas follow as a result of abscesses, bruises, wounds, or long-continued irritation by the harness.
Fistulas may exist in any part of the body, but the name has come to be commonly accepted as applicable only to such lesions when found upon the withers.
Dzondi was one of the first to recognize and classify congenital fistulas of the neck.
It cleanses filthy ulcers and fistulas forcibly, and not without pain, it takes away dead and proud flesh, and dries.
A poultice made of meal of Oats, and some oil of Bays put thereunto, helps the itch and the leprosy, as also the fistulas of the fundament, and dissolves hard imposthumes.
The root in powder, and given in wine and drank, is good against the plague and pestilence; and drank in the morning fasting for some time together, it is very profitable for fistulas in any part of the body.
The use of a warm bath every day for near an hour, at the heat of 94 or 96 degrees, for two or three months, I knew to be uncommonly successful in one case; the extensive fistulas completely healing.
Here, if one or more fistulas exist, their openings are probed and the direction of the sinuses determined.
Practical hints to be borne in mind when attempting to cure quittor by means of injections are these: If the fistulas are numerous, the fluid should be injected into their various orifices.
In this manner is accounted for the multiplicity of scars and fistulas seen on the swelling of an old-standing quittor.
Should this preliminary probing demonstrate that neither of the fistulas run dangerously near the joint, then the operation may be decided on.
Arsenic is used by him not only for the above-mentioned purpose, but also for the cure of fistulas and foul ulcers of the gums.
Pietro of Argelata cured dental fistulas by means of caustics and arsenic.
For the cure of old fistulas he employs not only the above-mentioned Egyptian ointment, but also arsenic and corrosive sublimate.
Worthy of note, too, is what he says in regard to fistulas of the gums, or, in general, of the maxillary region.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "fistulas" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
