Observations on some of the general principles and on the particular nature and treatment of the different species of inflammation : being, with additions, the subject of an essay to which the Jacksonian Prize, for the year 1818, was adjudged by the Royal College of Surgeons / by J. H. James.

  • James, J. H.
Date:
1821
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    85 may, it is contended by its supporters, that the cir- culation in the part is languid, which the above phe- nomena contradict in the one state or the other. The results produced by the application of re- medies may very strictly be considered as a series of experiments, provided we know what the qualities of those substances are. Now, if we find on the The effect* of remedies application of a known stimulus that we increase ordinary inflammation, it is a probable conclusion that the actions in it are already too great, and vice versa. But this may be carried further, for we find that the same application which would increase the inflammation in the beginning, will lessen it after a time; if so, we cannot believe that the part is in the same state at both these times ; and if so, the vessels are, we will say, strong at one and weak at another, it matters not which; but it is sufiicient for the argument that they are not always weak. If an inflamed part be pressed upon by the finger, so that the blood shall be forced from the vessels, on that pressure being removed, it will return with great velocity; whereas, if a part be reddened from cold, the contrary will be the case. In the latter we may suppose the circulation to be lariguid, in the former the reverse. The increase of secretions, which generally takes place at some period in inflammation, is another indirect proof.