Dissertations on Inflammation, Vol. 2

Such is the natural progress of an abscess; but it has been proposed, that it ought not to be allowed to follow this, but ought to be opened before it bursts spontaneously; and...

It is a curious circumstance, that although ulcers may have remained in an indolent state for many years, and have become almost habitual, that yet, the cause of the indolence b...

The remedies called agentes similes operate more directly on the scrophulous mode of action than those means which tend simply to strengthen the system, and may be usefully conj...

The next point which merits our attention, is the situation of the bone, and the circumstances which attend the caries. When superficial, a fungous ulcer is produced, and the mo...

John Overend was attacked with pain in the right thigh and loins, which were considered as rheumatic. Shortly after the thigh was observed to be elongated, and issues were appli...

In all cases of scrophulous inflammation or ulceration, it is useful to exhibit, alongst with the proper local treatment, such internal medicines, and to attend to the constitut...

The causes, then, of simple inflammation, when they operate slowly, or leave the part in a state neither inflamed nor healthy, give rise to a chronic enlargement, and change of...

The true phagedena seems always to confine its action to a particular spot[76]; but many of these diseases, which have been described under the same name, appear to be capable o...

When a part has been exposed to much cold, it may inflame, from two causes: First, the communication of action; secondly, the application of subsequent stimulants, more especial...

This constitution is more easily acted on by certain agents, particularly such as tend to induce inflammation, than healthy constitutions in the same circumstances. It would lik...

[51] Indolence of the action does not imply that the quantity of a discharge should be lessened, but only that its nature should be changed. In this species, the discharge is mu...

It is a common opinion, that the blood ought to be taken, if possible, from a vein which arises from, or near the affected part; that, for instance, in phrenites, we should blee...

Apart from correction of a few typographic errors (intentention → intention, citrinc → citrine, scropulous → scrophulous), the text of this e-book has been preserved in its orig...

Gentle pressure, accompanied with the use of cold water, is of service in the same cases in which poultices are employed; that is to say, when the action has not become perfect,...

When, by the use of the remedies already mentioned, the progress of the gangrene is stopped, the ulcerative action is induced in the part immediately adjoining to the dead porti...

The mild cancer was said to begin slowly, with little pain, to continue long indolent, and to ulcerate slowly: The ulcer was not very painful, and frequently healed with a scab,...

The last division of local application, contains those which tend, both simply to abate action in general, and also to excite, to a certain degree, a specific change of the acti...

The belladona has been much recommended by Lambergen, who tried it in many cases of cancer; but these trials, when repeated with attention, have not been greatly in favour of th...