Excerpt from Southern Medical and Surgical Journal, 1852, Vol. 8 Much is to be anticipated from the further prosecution of these investigations, and already it is probable that they justify us in advancing one step in the pathology of the disease at the head of this article, and if the deductions are not erroneous, will lead to a fuller understanding of phlebitis in all its forms. The conclusions to which they would lead are, that phlegm asia dolens or phlebitis is caused by the introduction of diseased matter, usually pus, into the blood - that inflammation of a vein is not an essential part ofthe primary affection, which precedes constitutional symptoms, even when morbid matter has found its way into the circulation through a vein, and that when the veins are inflamed, it is an effect, and not the cause of the recep tion of diseased or foreign matter into them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.