CHAPTER VI. 

 INFLAMMATION. 



DEFINITION. 



CHNERAL CONSIUHRATION OF STIMULI AND REACTIONS. 



ETIOLOGY. 



NoH-infecth'c. 

 .Mechanic. 

 Thermic. 

 Electric. 

 C hemic. 

 Infective. 



Nonsuppurative. 

 Suppurative. 

 FACTORS CONCERNED IN INFLAMMATION, (Phenomena.) 

 ]■' oscular. 



Constriction of vessels. 



Dilatation of vessels. 



Acceleration of rate of blood ttow. 



Retardation of rate of blood tlozu and leucocytic margination. 



Oscillation of blood in the I'csscls and diapedcsis. 



Stasis. 



Il.vndation. 



E.rudatc. 



Composition. 

 Physic. 

 Chemie. 

 Histologic. 

 Varieties. 

 Serous. 

 Fibrinous. 

 Hemorrliagic. 

 Factors determining quality and quantity. 

 Cause of intlaitnnation. 

 Condition of animal. 



Location of process and of tissue affected. 

 Significance of the e.rudale. 



Increased amount of nutrition to the affected part.— 

 Dilutes, counteracts, neutralises or destroys the irritant. 

 Circumscribes the inflammatory process. 

 Chcmota.vis. 

 Pliagocvtosis. 

 THE SIGNS OF INFLAMMATION. 

 Redness 

 Swelling. 



Increased temperature. 

 Pain. 



Impaired function. 

 EFFECTS UPON THE TISSUE INUOLCED. 

 Degeneration. 



Parenchymatous. 

 Fatty. 

 Mucoid, 

 .^crous. 

 Amyloid. 

 Hyaline. 

 Necrosis- 

 Regeneration or proliferation. 



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