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Q. Why does inflammation progress more rapidly in 

 the cellular texture than in the aponeurosis, tendons, and 

 cartilages? 



t/2. Because the cellular vital forces are much more ac- 

 tive than those of the textures just named. 



Q. Does cellular pus differ from cutaneous, mucous, and 

 osseous pus? 



#. It does. Cellular pus is the ordinarily received stan- 

 dard for pure pus; but erroneously, because the different 

 textures throw out different kinds of pus, all of which 

 are as healthy as the cellular. 



Q. Has the cellular texture of each organ peculiar vital 

 forces ? 



/?. Certainly not. These forces differ only in degree; 

 being greater in the cellular tissue of the skin, less in that 

 of the cartilages. 



Q. Why does an artery escape suppuration, though 

 soaked in pus? 



#. Because arterial and venous cellular texture being 

 altogether filamentous, its vital forces are not excitable to 

 the point of inflammation, as that texture is which is com- 

 posed both of filaments and layers. 



3. Properties of Reproduction. 



Q. What remarkable feature distinguishes the cellular 

 texture from others? 



t#. A property of reproduction, an elongation, a species 

 of vegetation ! ! 



Q. What depends on this property? 



Ji. The formation of cicatrices, tumours, cysts, &c. 



Q. In considering cicatrices, how do you divide them? 



