The Works of William Cullen, M.D, Vol. 2 of 2: Propfessor Ofthe Practice of Physic in the University of Edinburgh, Containing His Physiology, Nosology

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Excerpt from The Works of William Cullen, M.D, Vol. 2 of 2: Propfessor Ofthe Practice of Physic in the University of Edinburgh, Containing His Physiology, Nosology, and the First Lines of the Practice of Physic, With Numerous Extracts From His Manuscript Papers, and From His Treatise of the Materia Medica CCXXXVII. We judge of the presence of inflammation also from the state of the blood drawn out of the veins. When the blood, after cooling and concreting, shows a portion of the gluten separated from the rest of the mass, and lying on the surface of the crassamentum, as such separation happens in all cases of more evident phlegmasia, so in ambiguous cases, we, from this appearance, joined with other symptoms, infer the presence of inflammation. At the same time, it must be observed, that as several circumstances in blood-letting may prevent this separation of gluten from taking place in blood otherwise disposed to it, so, from the absence of such appearance, we cannot always conclude against the presence of inflammation. CCXXXVIII. I cannot easily give any other general history of the phenomena of inflammation than what is contained in the three preceding paragraphs, and the variations which may take place in its circumstances, will occur to be more properly taken notice of under the several heads of the particular genera and species to be hereafter mentioned. I proceed, therefore, to inquire into the proximate cause of inflammation in general. Sect. II. Of The Proximate Cause Of Inflammation. CCXXXIX. The phenomena of inflammation (CCXXXV.) all concur in showing, that there is an increased impetus of the blood in the vessels of the part affected, and as, at the same time, the action of the heart is not always evidently increased, there is reason to presume, that the increased impetus of the blood in the particular part, is owing especially to the increased action of the vessels of that part itself. "An increased impetus in the vessels of the part will most simply and obviously account for the circumstances of inflammation, viz. the increased redness, the increased heat, the tension, and the pain. "The increased redness has been variously explained. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.