A pathological inquiry into the secondary effects of inflammation of the veins / by James M. Arnott.

  • Arnott, James Moncrieff, 1794-1885.
Date:
1829
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Credit: A pathological inquiry into the secondary effects of inflammation of the veins / by James M. Arnott. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    that I must not be considered as regarding the matter so deposited to be actually that which has been brought into the circulation from the inflamed vein or veins. The disease of the eye, in which pus is not deposited, and the affection of the joints, exclusive of other considerations, clearly prove that the question is no longer one of a translation of matter merely, but one which involves the very difficult subject of the pathology of the blood, especially the share which diseased changes in this fluid have in the production of those phenomena which we are in the habit of comprehending under the term of inflammation. APPENDIX. Case of fatal Phlebitis^ Deposition of Pus into the Substance of the Heart. Since the preceding paper was read to the So- ciety, I have received the following communica- tion from Mr. Lawrence. The case therein de- tailed, presents several points of much interest, both as regards the primary and the secondary affection in phlebitis, while it supports the patho- logical views which I have ventured to take.