MUCOUS SYSTEM- 



PATHOLOGY OP THE Mucous TISSUE, 



Q'. What are the diseases common to all the mucous 

 tissues? 



*#. Increased action to inflammation; mucous discharge; 

 haemorrhage; aphthae; and fungous excrescences. 



Q. Are all the increased mucous discharges from in- 

 flammation ? 



#. They are not; both irritation and relaxation will 

 produce them. 



Q. What are the inflammations or catarrhs of this tissue 

 most usually produced by ? 



*ft. By atmospheric changes. 



Q. How do these changes act? 



.#. Directly on some of the mucous tissues, and by 

 means of cutaneous sympathy on others. 



Q. What is the character of the pain in these mem- 

 branes? 



#. It is not lancinating or severe, as in other tissues. 



Q. What effeqt has mucous inflammation on the neigh- 

 bouring cellular texture? 



J2. That texture is not excited to inflammation by mu- 

 cous disease, as in the diseases of other tissues. 



Q. What is the colour of the mucous membranes in in- 

 flammation ? 



A. They are from a rose colour to deep brown; this 

 colour is sometimes arborescent, and sometimes in dotted 

 points, when the villi are inflamed; lastly, the colour is 

 in red spots. 



Q. How do these inflammations terminate? 



#. Not in adhesion, but in mucous discharges, or 



