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ON
SIMPLE INFLAMMATION,
And its Consequences.
In attempting the cure of inflammation,or its consequences, we must naturallybe directed to the means of removal, bythe nature of the action itself, and theobject which we have in view. Thetreatment of the inflammatory actionmay be considered in two points ofview; first, as this action consists in peculiarchanges of the natural action,which changes we wish to remove; and,secondly, as this action naturally tendsto disappear, and produce other actions,which require a peculiar treatment. Theobservations, therefore, which are to bemade upon the method of cure, may bearranged under the heads of the differentterminations of inflammation.
In the treatment of most wounds, ourchief intention is to prevent the accessionof inflammation, and procure adhesion,which is, in one respect, analogous to resolution.When inflammation has takenplace, either in wounds, or in other cases,our great object is, to remove or lessen itas quickly as possible, which we effect,first, by removing the exciting causes ofinflammation, or such causes as tend toincrease the action; and, secondly, byapplying such remedies as tend directlyto abate the inflammatory action.
Upon the propriety of removing theexciting causes, and the manner of doingso, very little requi