80 OP THE CELLULAR SYSTEM. 



Q. Is the cellular tissue altered in dropsy? 



&. It is not; the cells are only distended with the in- 

 creased exhalation of serum. 



Q. To what are the sudden swellings in fractured limbs 

 and contusions owing? 



#. Neither to an cedematous nor emphysematous state 

 of the cellular texture, but to "a peculiar excitation 

 of it." 



Q. How do you account for swelling of the belly in 

 enteritis? 



#. It is owing to a swelling of the sub-cutaneous cellu- 

 lar tissue. 



Q. What portion of the cellular texture is most liable 

 to inflammation? 



,/#. The sub-cutaneous. 



Q. What state of the cellular texture does obesity in- 

 dicate? 



*fl. A debility in the tissue, and an undue disposition to 

 deposite fat. 



Q. Whence does leanness, emaciation, arise? 



#. From organic diseases, but not of those of the brain 

 or heart. It proceeds commonly from organic disease of 

 the abdominal viscera, and of the lungs. Emaciation is 

 usually symptomatic. You know that the depressing 

 passions induce emaciation. 



Q. At what part does emphysema commence? 



Jl. Always near the thorax, near the lungs. Fractures 

 of the ribs, wounds of the chest, and vehement vocal ex- 

 ertions cause it. 



Q. What tumours form in the cellular tissue? 



#. Wens and cysts. 



