INFLAMMATION. 56 



What kinds of inflammations are there ? 



Specific and non-speciiic. 



Define specific inflammations. 



Specific inflammations are those caused by bacteria that repro- 

 duce the same local inflammation with certain definite constitu- 

 tional s3'mptoms, and never cause any other, as glanders, actino- 

 mycosis, tuberculosis. 



What is a non-specific inflammation ? 



It is one caused by bacteria which do not produce their own 

 kind, and one can never tell the form of infiammation that may 

 occur, as synovitis, peritonitis, cellulitis, gangrene. 



How may inflammations terminate ? 



They may terminate in resolution, production, or destruction. 



What is meant by resolution ? 



This is where the symptoms of inflammation subside and a 

 favorable termination takes place; the parts are restored to their 

 normal condition. The liquid portion of the exudation becomes 

 absorbed, the cellular elements undergo fatty degeneration and 

 are also absorbed. 



Explain the meaning of production. 



When inflammations end in production, there is the formation 

 of new connective tissue, which in many instances becomes a per- 

 manent part of the body. This new tissue may fill up a gap where 

 there has been a loss of tissue, and is called a scar. When opposed 

 surfaces are united by the new-formed tissue, the term adhesion 

 is used. 



How may inflammations end in destruction ? 



Ulceration, suppuration, or mortification may take place. This 

 occurs when the nutrition of the inflamed tissue is so diminished 

 as to be insufficient for its preservation. The more complete the 

 stagnation in the blood-vessels, the more likely the part is to die. 



What is ulceration ? 



This may be said to be molecular death. It is one of the ter- 

 minations of inflammation and is a solution of continuity without 

 a tendency to heal or the formation of pus on a free surface. There 

 is a destructive inflammation, with a loss of substance, on the skin 



