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Inflammation, we are taught, is owing to an 

 increased impetus of the blood, in the ves- 

 sels of the part inflamed, occasioned by an 

 increased action of the vessels of that part 

 itself, and at the same time, there is an ac- 

 cumulation of the blood in these very ves- 

 sels in that part. This would appear mys- 

 terious to any person who had not studied 

 physic, how there can be an accummulation 

 of blood, where the propelling power is in- 

 creased : but to medical people it is quite 

 intelligible. We do not know what an en- 

 gineer would think, but a physician is not 

 obliged to think like an engineer. 



We have indeed heard of a wonderful stone 

 in some place of Scotland, which moves by 

 a gentle touch, but if a greater force is ap- 

 plied, it will not budge. 



