102 GREASE. 



abforbcd and carried into the circulation. This 

 is paipably the flate of the cafe, and nature, 

 faid by Bartlet to be deficient in her own 

 office, is not fo but upon compulfionj the con- 

 ftant flow of perfpirable matter to the parts fo 

 evidently obftruded, totally overpower every 

 effort of Nature; and, from the accumulation 

 of matter, the veffels certainly become inade- 

 quate to the tafk of conveying treble the 

 proportion for which they were intended : the 

 extremities being by thefe means overloaded 

 and diftendedj the contents not only become, 

 from their fl agnation, putrid and corrcfivet but 

 at length, by their acrimoniom quality, perfo- 

 rate the integuments in 2l foetid ichor y and, by 

 a peculiar fharpnefs in its cut:ineous oozing, 

 gives a caUoJity or hardnefs to the edges of the 

 apertures, fmall as they are, conftituting, in 

 this difeafe, a greater or lefs degree of invete- 

 racy, according to the flare and temperament 

 of the blood at the time of attack. 



The diforder having once made its appear- 

 ance will, in its progrefs, beyond every ad- 

 mifTion of doubt, be almofi: entirely regulated 

 by the favourable or unfavourable ftate of the 

 habit, which mufl now be more minutely 



inquired 



