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[[1767]]-[[1769]]
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[[Subperiosteal abscess]] of the anterior wall of the [[frontal sinus]] associated with underlying frontal [[osteomyelitis]].
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It is named after Sir [[Percivall Pott]], an English surgeon who described it in [[1768]]
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Robert Whytt (1714– 1766) expressed grave trepidation when commenting on ventricular drainage in his Observations on Dropsy in the Brain,
((Whytt R: Observations on Dropsy in the Brain. Edinburgh:
J. Balfour, 1768))
published in 1768.