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.
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1821
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    that the degree and kind will vary according to the nature of the part, the cause, and the constitution*, oonse- With reffard to the part, the difference in its quenccs t- ' ' from''co«- nature has a most important influence, as has been nuity of sur- , . face- ah'eady recognised, p. 20: with reference to sym- pathy, however, we need only now consider its continuity or contiguity. Surfaces, being continuous, are found for the most part to partake of the same nature throughout; and any impression, and consequently inflammation, ' communicated to any one point will have a dispo- sition to difilise itself. This disposition, however, is modified by the following circumstances:—First, the degree to which it has been liable to impres- sions : thus the internal membranes have a much greater tendency to inflame throughout than the external, as the conjunctiva, or those which may be considered external, as the urethra; and if the in- ternal have been accustomed to praeternatural im- pressions, they lose their extreme disposition to inflame, as is proved by the result of paracentesis when the serous membrane of the abdomen has long been exposed to the pressure of a large bulk of fluid.—Secondly: different parts of the same sur- face, in some instances, possess different vital pro- perties ; thus diff*erent portions of the alimentary canal perform different functions, form diflferent * Mr, Hunter, vol. i. p. U9—u. 87-207. t
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