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Full text of "The Science of Therapeutics: According to the Principles of Homeopath...Page 370 of 653The various diseases of the arteries are, indeed, of a very highpathological value, but of very little importance in a therapeutipoint of view, for the simple reason that they cannot be treatedmedicinally.Arterial inflammation, mostly only a symptom of other diseases,is scarcely recognizable with positive certainty, even in the caslarger arterial trunks. Of course, an inflammation of the largerarteries is highly interesting, because the closure of an arteriatrunk near the heart may give rise to cardiac hypertrophy.486 Diseases of the Arteries, Veins, Lymphatics, etc.Aneurisms are not exactly pathological diseases, but consequences of other influences. We do not see how medicines are toaccomplish anything in such cases, either in the uniformly developed arteriectasia or in the aneurism resulting from partial lacetion of the vessel. It is only the disturbances which such arterilesions cause in the heart, that suggest the propriety of medicininterference, and we regard it as downright absurdity to recommend medicines for the cure of aneurisms, as has indeed been done[There is no reason why Aconite and Digitalis should not be triedfor aneurism. We know of a case of aneurism of the subclavianartery that was to be operated on by a celebrated Professor of onof the Philadelphia Colleges. Previous to the operation the patiewas placed on the alternate use of tolerably large doses of Aconiand Digitalis^ for a week. When the patient presented himself forthe operation, the aneurism had so far disappeared that the Professor was unable to trace it and concluded to wait; what becameof the case afterwards, I am unable to say. H.]8. I>isea8eB of the Teins.a. Phlebitis. Inflammation of Veins.Phlebitis, the correct diagnosis of which is a recent triumph, isso far as its consequences are concerned, one of the most importaof all known morbid processes. The veins of the lower extremitiesand of the cavity of the skull are particularly liable to inflammtion, besides all the veins whose sides do not collapse, such as,all other veins, those of the gravid uterus.The causes of phlebitis are: Direct injuries of the vessel; coaguarising from impediments to the circulation occasioned by dilatation of the vessel ; introduction of foreign substances resultingdecomposition of the blood. This last-named explanation is applicable to phlebitis which sets in in an epidemic form in limited lities ; or else the disease may arise secondarily from inflammatoaffections of neighboring parts, or of remote parts, but lying intract of the vein ; or from puerperal conditions, pyaemia, suppurtions of bones, especially caries of the bones and ossicula of thThe symptoms of phlebitis vary according to its extent and intensity. The most intense forms of phlebitis originate in pysemiato which we therefore refer ; in this category belongs especiallyepidemic phlebitis, where the local process is rapidly extendedthrough the whole organism. The less intense cases very usuallyhttp://www.archive.org/stream/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog_djvu.txt