An Inquiry Into the Nature and Properties of the Blood, as Existent in Health and Disease - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1819. Excerpt: ... Chap. VI. CHANGES PRODUCED BY DISEASE. X HE Phenomena of Blood, as observed in a state of health, having been detailed in the proceeding chapters, a contrast must now be exhibited between these Phenomena and those which Disease induces. In a general morbid condition of the system, all the organs are affected; the circulation is frequently most disordered, and the Blood, in consequence, assumes a character dissimilar to that of health. The appearances of this fluid as connected with a morbid state, have long attracted the notice of professional men; and though frequently productive of error from the neglect of due observation, or the indulgence of fanciful hypotheses, have, nevertheless, proved to the intelligent and thoughtful practitioner, an assistant to his judgment, and a guide to succesful practice. I am not ignorant, however, of the glowing language of De Haen, nor of the decision. "Inversa itidem, mutata, confusa, omnia hsec phenomena, ssepius vidimus." After a recapitulation of his Experiments and observations, (chiefly, however, in reference to the Buff-coat; h,e concludes. " Qua) si itase habent.ijuisinflamationeui absentem prawentemve, quia haiuornm n Re formed from repeated experiment. Conscious, like him, that the appearance of the Blood is often fallacious, I would by no means consider it, even with the most careful observation, a certain criterion. But 1 would ask, of the symptoms which direct our treatment of disease, which is not fallacious? Is not the pulse very deceptive, is it not,, as Celsus terms it, "res fallacissima?" Do we never find the sensation of pain an uncertain guide to the seat of the malady? Or are we always able, from its indication, to ascertain the nature of the morbid action? Is not the tongue in some dangerous affec...

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