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Ubi pus, ibi evacua is a Latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
 aphorism
Aphorism

The word aphorism denotes an original thought, spoken or written in a laconic and easily memorable form.The name was first used in the Aphorisms of Hippocrates....
 or adage
Adage

An adage , or adagium , is a short but memorable saying that holds some important fact of experience that is considered true by many people, or that has gained some credibility through its long use....
, often cited in medicine
Medicine

Medicine is the art and science of healing. It encompasses a range of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
, that literally means: "where there is pus, there evacuate it". It refers to what clinicians should do when there is a collection of pus
Pus

Pus is a whitish-yellow, yellow or yellow-brown substance produced during inflammatory pyogenic bacteriuml infection. An accumulation of pus in an enclosed tissue space is known as an abscess....
 in the body, that is, to create an opening for it to evacuate. Examples include what an otorhinolaryngologist will often do in case of a child with chronic recurring otitis media
Otitis media

Otitis media is inflammation of the middle ear, or middle ear infection .Otitis media occurs in the area between the ear drum and the inner ear, including a duct known as the Eustachian tube....
: insert a grommet
Tympanostomy tube

A tympanostomy tube is a small tube inserted into the eardrum in order to keep the middle ear aerated for a prolonged period of time, and to prevent the accumulation of mucus in the middle ear....
 in the eardrum
Eardrum

The tympanic membrane , is a thin biological membrane that separates the external ear from the middle ear. Its function is to transmit sound from the air to the ossicles inside the middle ear....
 to help evacuate the excess fluid within.






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Ubi pus, ibi evacua is a Latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
 aphorism
Aphorism

The word aphorism denotes an original thought, spoken or written in a laconic and easily memorable form.The name was first used in the Aphorisms of Hippocrates....
 or adage
Adage

An adage , or adagium , is a short but memorable saying that holds some important fact of experience that is considered true by many people, or that has gained some credibility through its long use....
, often cited in medicine
Medicine

Medicine is the art and science of healing. It encompasses a range of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
, that literally means: "where there is pus, there evacuate it". It refers to what clinicians should do when there is a collection of pus
Pus

Pus is a whitish-yellow, yellow or yellow-brown substance produced during inflammatory pyogenic bacteriuml infection. An accumulation of pus in an enclosed tissue space is known as an abscess....
 in the body, that is, to create an opening for it to evacuate. Examples include what an otorhinolaryngologist will often do in case of a child with chronic recurring otitis media
Otitis media

Otitis media is inflammation of the middle ear, or middle ear infection .Otitis media occurs in the area between the ear drum and the inner ear, including a duct known as the Eustachian tube....
: insert a grommet
Tympanostomy tube

A tympanostomy tube is a small tube inserted into the eardrum in order to keep the middle ear aerated for a prolonged period of time, and to prevent the accumulation of mucus in the middle ear....
 in the eardrum
Eardrum

The tympanic membrane , is a thin biological membrane that separates the external ear from the middle ear. Its function is to transmit sound from the air to the ossicles inside the middle ear....
 to help evacuate the excess fluid within. Antibiotic
Antibiotic

In common usage, an antibiotic is a substance or compound that kills or inhibits the growth of bacteria. Antibiotics belong to the group of antimicrobial compounds used to treat infections caused by microorganisms, including fungus and protozoa....
s often have difficulties getting into an abscess
Abscess

An abscess is a collection of pus that has accumulated in a cavity formed by the tissue on the basis of an infection process or other foreign materials ....
, and do not work well because of a low pH
PH

pH is a measure of the Acid or Base of a solution. It is defined as the cologarithm of the Activity of dissolved hydrogen ions . Hydrogen ion activity coefficients cannot be measured experimentally, so they are based on theoretical calculations....
; evacuation through a drainage-channel, on the other hand, will remove a large number of bacteria
Bacteria

The Bacteria are a large group of unicellular microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria have a wide range of shapes, ranging from spheres to rods and spirals....
 and thus greatly aid the resolution of the infection
Infection

An infection is the detrimental colonization of a host organism by a foreign species. In an infection, the infecting organism seeks to utilize the host resources to multiply ....
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