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come into contact with it into matter like itself at an 

 increased rate. The mass of germinal matter increases in 

 size, and soon begins to divide into smaller portions, fig. 33. 

 Parts seem to move away from the general mass, fig. 34. 

 These at length become detached, and thus several separate 

 masses of germinal matter, which are embedded in the 

 softened and altered formed material, result, figs. 34, 35. 

 These changes will be understood by reference to the figures 

 in Plate VIII. In this way the so-called inflammatory 

 product pus results. The abnormal pus-corpuscle is pro- 

 duced from the germinal or living matter of a normal 

 epithelial or other cell, or elementary part, the germinal 

 matter of which has been supplied with pahilum much 

 more freely than in the normal state. In all forms of in- 

 flammation, the germinal matter of the parts inflamed 

 increases very much, and the same change occurs in every 

 kind of fever, fig. 36, pi. VIII, but not proceed to the same 

 extent. In both conditions there is increased development 

 of heat due to the increase of the germinal matter. In- 

 flammations and fevers are so very closely related that an 

 inflammation may be spoken of as a local fever, and a 

 fever as a general inflammation. 



It will be seen how easily the nature of the changes 

 occurring in cells in inflammation, fever, and other morbid 

 changes, can be explained, if the artificial terms, cell-wall, 

 cell-contents, nucleus, be given up. In all acute internal 

 inflammations and in fevers a much larger quantity of in- 

 animate pabulum is taken up by certain cells and con- 

 verted into germinal matter than in the normal state. 

 Hence there is, at least in the parts affected, increase in 



