EMPYEMA • FREE-TRANSLATOR.COM • Definition of Empyema

... remove the gangrenous masses of tissue and also the secondary supurative processes. Naturally we are led to think that perhaps in some of these severe cases cures may be effected by means of a combination of this healing process together with surgical aid (after the manner of operating empyema) or some other curative means. I would not advise anyone however, to apply this remedy without discrimination in every case of tuberculosis. The simplest mode of application will certainly be required in treating the first stages of phthisis and simple ...

— Prof. Koch's Method to Cure Tuberculosis Popularly Treated • Max Birnbaum