INFLAMMATION. 33 



termed proud flesh, they are to be kept down 

 by means of the caustic pofvder. It sometimes 

 happens, that when a part is inflamed and 

 swollen, instead of going on to suppuration, 

 it des^enerates into a hard and almost insen- 

 sible tumour : this depends on the inflamma- 

 tion having terminated in effusion of coagulable 

 lymph, and is to be removed by stimulating 

 embrocations or blisters. 



When inflammation runs very high, as is 

 sometimes the case in violent bruises, or deep 

 and extensive wounds of the lacerated kind, it 

 may terminate in gangrene or mortification, 

 which is generally attended with danger : in 

 this case, the matter discharged, instead of 

 being white and thick, consists of a dark-co- 

 loured fluid, of a peculiar offensive smell; 

 the constitution is generally affected, the 

 pulse becoming quick, weak, and sometimes 

 irregular; the appetite goes off"; and there is 

 a great degree of debility. -Should the in- 

 flammation terminate in this way, if it arise 

 from a wound, let it be dressed with digestive 

 liniment, oil of turpentine, or camphorated 

 spirit of wine ; the diseased parts should be 

 scarified, and fomentations applied almost in- 

 cessantly, until the mortified par^s appear to 



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