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parts inflamed. Severe inflammation of a 

 large joint, every one knows, is apt to excite 

 llie most alarming;, and even fatal derange- 

 ment of the system. 



In common parts, as muscle, celhilar mem- 

 brane, skin, &c., the symptoms will be acute, 

 the pulse strong and full, and the more so, if 

 the inflammation be near the heart, but per- 

 haps not so quick, as when the part is far 

 from it. 



If the inflammation be in tendinous, liga- 

 mentous, or bony parts, the symptoms will be 

 less acute. The stomach will sympathise 

 more, the pulse will not be so full, but per- 

 haps quicker ; there will be more irritability, 

 and the blood will not be so much pushed into 

 the small vessels, and therefore it will forsake 

 the skin 



It seems to be a material circumstance, that 

 parts near to the heart, always exhibit symp- 

 toms more violent ; and the constitution is 

 more affected, than when parts are situated 

 further from the source of circulation. 



If the heart, or lungs, are inflamed, either 

 immediately, or affected secondarily by sym- 

 pathy, the disease has more violent effects 

 upon the constitution, than the same quantity 

 of in ammation wo ild have, if the part 

 affected were not a vital one, or one with 

 which the vital parts did not sympathise. If 

 the part be such as the vital ones readily 

 sympathise with, then the sympathetic action 

 of the latter will affect the constitution. 



When the inflammation is situated in a part 

 not very essential to life, and occasions the 

 "general affection of the system, called inflam- 

 matory fever, the pulse is fuller aud stronger 

 than common, and the blood is pushed fur- 

 ther into the extreme arteries, than when the 

 inflammation is in a vital part. The animal. 



after many occasional rigours, is at first father 

 roused. The pulse is, as at first described, 

 when the constitution is strong and not irrit- 

 able, but if this be extremely irritable and 

 weak, as in many animals is the case, the pulse 

 may be quick, hard, and small, at the com- 

 mencement of the inflammation, just as if vital 

 parts were concerned. The blood also may 

 be sizy, but it will be loose and flat on the 

 surface. 



We may set down the ordinary symptoms 

 of the inflammatory fever, accruing in conse- 

 quence of local inflammation in common parts, 

 as follows ; the pulse is frequent, full, and 

 strong ; all the secretions are diminished, the 

 animal is restle.ss, the perspiration is ob- 

 structed, the skin is dry and hot, the hair 

 staring, the urine high-coloured and made in 

 small quantities, the mouth hot and dry, at- 

 tended with great thirst. 



FOR THE RELIEF OF INFLAMMATORY FEVER. 



Upon this part of the subject very little 

 need be said ; for, as the febrile disturbance 

 of the system is produced, and entirely kept 

 up, in almost every instance, by the local in- 

 flammation, it must be evident that the means 

 employed for diminishing the exciting cause, 

 are also the best for abating the constitutional 

 effects. Hence, it very seldom happens, that 

 any particular measures are adopted ex- 

 pressly for the fever itself; as this affection is 

 sure to subside in proportion as the local in- 

 flammation is lessened or resolved. But when 

 the febrile disturbance is considerable, and 

 the inflammation itself Is also considerable, 

 the agitated state of the system may have in 

 its turn a share in keeping up, and even in- 

 creasing the local affection, and should be 

 quieted as much as possible. However, in 



