First principles of medicine / By Archibald Billing.

  • Archibald Billing
Date:
1831
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    ganisation of a tumor is but imperfect and it is a burden on the previously existing arteries in addition to their originally allotted task, if these arteries have been en- larged in size (for we know arteries can grow larger) by the inflammation which organised the tumor, they will go on to support it, but if they have only been dilated, they will when the inflammation subsides re- sume their natural size and starve the tumor, the con- stituents of which will when thus deprived of support return to the state of lymph, &c., which being unor- ganised are thus amenable to the absorbents; on the other hand the tumor may have been too well organised to give way, and so continue an indolent life at the ex- pense of the surrounding parts after all inflammation has subsided, but producing neither pain or inconvenience, unless a blow or other cause renew inflammation. Now if the efforts of nature do not remove the tumor we have remedial means of starving it. | 1. The simplest by pressure keeping nourishment from entering its vessels, as when a piece of sheet lead ig bound down upon it, &Xc. 2. Cold will cause vessels to shrink, as cold lotions, , &c. constantly applied where pressure could not be borne on account of its producing pain. 3. Pressure so gentle as not to compress but merely by affording szpport to inflamed and distended vessels, first to stop the inflammation after which stronger pres- sure may be resorted to if necessary without its pro- ducing pain. A. Daily or at least often repeated abstraction of blood by leeches, &c. from the part, taking care not to undermine the constitution by taking too much.