AND ANIMAL LIFE. 455 



DLV. From the nature of these two ge- 

 neral indications, I am inclined to think, that 

 the success of vomiting at the commencement of 

 inflammation of the lungs depends much on the 

 existence of peculiar circumstances. If the dis- 

 ease be not very severe, or if a copious perspira- 

 tion succeeds the exhibition of the emetic, it 

 may be highly beneficial, as it will regulate the 

 distribution of the blood, and remove a portion of 

 the preternatural heat of the body ; but if we pre- 

 scribe these means when the individual is highly 

 plethoric, and the inflammation is intense, with- 

 out being assisted by a profuse sweat, we shall 

 endanger the life of the patient. At this period 

 of the symptoms, nausea will be found useful, as 

 it depresses the circulation, and diminishes the sti- 

 mulus of the blood ; but when we have every rea- 

 son to believe that the pulmonary tissue is con- 

 gested, the operation of vomiting is to be prefer- 

 red. The tendency of this action is, as previ- 

 ously stated, to dis bur then the lungs 3 by equalizing 

 the circulation of the blood, and by improving its 

 qualities. 



DLVI. The practice of the continental phy- 

 sician has not been equally serviceable in Eng- 

 land. The varieties of climate, food, and man- 

 ners, modify very much the success of gene- 

 ral principles. Acute inflammatory diseases, 

 in France and Italy, are more easily controlled 

 by the aid of moderate means than the same in 

 our own country. The substantial and invigo- 



