medical-notes-003374-002v

&c, we think the disease is not in the Chylo-
poctic system, should we find any degree of
strangury, urine high coloured & in small
quantity or otherwise deviating from the
healthy standard, we suspect the seat of the
disease to be in the genital system, & ad-
minister medicine having a peculiar action
on that system.
The Sanguiferous system includes the heart
arteries & veins.
Inflammation is the most
simple affliction of this system, & is divided
into two kinds, Erisipilatous & phlegmonous.
The former is seated superficially & attacks
the skin, the latter the cellular substance
& [dupsiated] parts. - Erisiphilatous inflam-
mation begins with a slight redness of the
part & gradually extends more or less over the
surface of the body & is peculiarly liable
to terminate in gangrene. All wet appli-
cations (except the fermenting poultice) I
believe are hurtful in this disease. Dry flower
or any absorbent powder sprinkled on the part,
or what perhaps is better, bats of wool filled