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may cure, by uniting divided parts. Inflamma- 

 tion, when it takes place internally, and when it 

 happens in a vital part, most commonly termi- 

 nates by adhesion. 



When adhesions have taken place in any of the 

 internal viscera, they will be in time considerably 

 elongated, adapting themselves to the motions of 

 the parts : For instance, we happened, in March, 

 1799, to be at the dog-kennel belonging to his 

 Koyal Highnefs the Prince of Wales at Brighton, 

 at the time a horse was killed for the hounds; 

 when, upon the thorax being opened, we found 

 the left lobe of the lungs adhering to the plura, 

 covering a circle of more than three inches dia- 

 meter. Upon inquiry, we found that the animal, 

 when living, had shown no symptoms to indicate 

 such an adhesion, having regularly performed his 

 daily labour, his extreme age being the only cause 

 ©f his destruction *. 



When inflammation takes place in cellular parts, 

 the lymph is thrown out ; which coagulating im- 

 mediately, forms a kind of boundary, by plugging 



* These internal adhesions seem to give little pain, and 

 may prevent the whole cavity of the thorax or abdomen 

 from going into suppuration, " 



