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[edit] Black pus

Weren't there instances in Black Plague victims where the pus had a foul odor and had a blackish color?

That more likely refers to the gangrene that the disease can cause (black, necrotic flesh). The pus is usually yellowish-green with an awful odor. Collabi 22:35, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Phyo- or Pyocyanin?

Is it Phyo- or Pyocyanin. Other Wikipedia-articles use mainly pyocyanin.

  • It's pyo. This article needs lots of fixing up. I'll help when i have some more free time. In the meantime I'll add a tag.--164.77.106.168 User:guruclef 04:10, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pus in Milk

What is the substantiation to this claim? The only people putting it forth that I can see are the highly biased PETA and people citing them. Is the claim based on the idea that all somatic cells must be pus (which is ridiculous since "somatic cell" just means "cell with a nucleus")? Is there any peer-reviewed paper actually supporting the claim that milk contains dead infectious tissue? Collabi 19:44, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

The only reason that anyone would talk about pus in milk is because they are an "animal-rights" extremist (such as a PeTA zealot). It's an effective tactic because of the superficial similarity between milk and pus. --Loundry 16:36, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Graphic pus video

The collection of youtube videos that are linked to the article are extremely graphic. Do you think there should be a little text warning next to the link, or is it just a given that 'pus video' won't be... pleasant? --GloBrite 00:32, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

You do need an over-18 sign-up for most of them but the userpage has one on their page which isn't flagged so anyone can see this first one. Obviously gross and as it runs without over-18 signup I guess it's nice to flag it with something like,
The following link contains graphical depictions of human anatomy. Please read Wikipedia:Content disclaimer.
The text I cribbed from Wikipedia:Content_disclaimer itself. Usually though this'll attract attention ! but at least we can say that we didn't warn you and here is a link to the Wikipedia disclaimer. I do think the videos are informational; somewhere in storage I have photos of my wife's breast abscess when she got problems with breastfeeding our first child, which had pus like large green caterpillars but these videos beat that any day in the volume. Ttiotsw 05:55, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pus in birds

Abscesses in birds (and I think also reptiles) have a different kind of "pus", which is solid rather than liquid – it's cheesy in texture, though smelling similar to mammalian pus. Is this still pus, or is there another technical term? If so, this (and any other veterinary variations) should be covered in the article. --Richard New Forest (talk) 23:17, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image?

Without going into the realm of the disgusting, could an image meybe be added? Perhaps an image under a microscope, to show the mix of different components. Gront (talk) 05:02, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Would pus from acne work?LeeRamsey (talk) 04:20, 28 January 2008 (UTC)