The Study of Medicine, Vol. 2

Excerpt from The Study of Medicine, Vol. 2: Diseases of the Sanguineous Function, Concluded Inżammation, therefore, consists in an increased impetus and accumulation of blood in the vessels affected, accompanied with a proportionate swelling and sense of heat. The pathologists have pretty generally concurred in ascribing this accumulation of blood to an Obstruction of some kind or Other; but they have differed upon its nature and origin; and have not been able to determine whether it be dependent upon the crasis of the blood itself, or the resistance of the vessels that contain it. 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.