Quinsy or peritonsillar abscess is an acute infectious swelling of the upper pole of the tonsillar fossa (tonsillar sinus). It is mostly seen in adults between 20 and 40 years old, and lies between ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Modern medicine still deals with many antique-sounding diseases: scarlet fever, carbuncles, “dropsy” (heart failure) ...