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Q. What do you mean by furuncle? 



#. It is an inflammation in the cellular tissue and der- 

 moid texture, less violent, of slower progress than phleg- 

 mon, occurring sometimes several at a time, and does not, 

 like phlegmon, leave a cicatrix, 



Q. What parts are exempt from furuncle? 



t#. The palms of the hands, the soles of the feet, and 

 the cranium. 



Q. What do you understand by scleremia? 



JL. An induration of the sub-cutaneous cellular texture 

 of infants, when an incision throws ' out yellow fatty 

 serum. 



Q. To what has this disease been ascribed? 



t/2. To syphilitic taint, to deranged perspiratory func- 

 tion, and to an affection of the respiratory process, to an 

 opening of the foramen ovale. 



Q. What do you mean by an ulcer? 



#. It is a suppuration of a wound or injury, which is 

 prolonged after the ordinary stages of inflammation have 

 been completed. 



Q. What are ulcers owing to? 



*#. To a chronic inflammation of the cellular texture. 



Q. What materially influences the condition of ulcers? 



*fl. The peculiar vital forces of different parts. 



Q. How is cellular dropsy divided? 



/?. Into general and partial. 



Q. Where do you find dropsy most frequently ? 



#. In the most dependant parts of the cellular texture. 



Q. What are other divisions of dropsy ? 



#. It is idiopathic and sympathetic. It is symptomatic 

 of fever and of organic disease. 



