ATION. Inflammation ends in one of six different
ways. Inflammation may terminate in _resolution, i.e_., spontaneous
recovery; by _suppuration_, in the formation of matter; by _effusion_,
as the inflammation caused by a blister-plaster terminates by effusion
of water; by _adhesion_, the part inflamed forming an attachment to some
other part; by _induration_, hardening of the organ; or by _gangrene_,
that is, death of the part.

Thus, inflammation of the lungs may terminate by recovery, that is, by
resolution, by suppuration and raising of "matter," by hardening and
solidification of the lung, or by gangrene. Inflammation of the
endocardium, the lining membrane of the heart, may cause a thickening of
it, and ossification of the valves of the heart, thus impairing its
function. Inflammation of the pericardium may terminate in effusion, or
dropsy, and inflammation of the liver may result in hardening and
adhesion to adjacent parts.

SEVERAL PRINCIPLES FOR TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATION.

Remove the exciting causes as far as practicable. If caused by a
splinter or any foreign substance, it should be withdrawn, and if the
injury is merely local, apply cold water to the parts to subdue the
inflammation. If caused by a rabid animal, the wound should be enlarged
and cupped, and the parts cleansed or destroyed by caustic. The patient
should remain quiet and not be disturbed. The use of tincture of aconite
internally, will be found excellent to prevent the rise of inflammation.
A purgative is also advised, and four or five of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant
Purgative Pellets will be sufficient to act upon the bowels. If there is
pain, an anodyne and diaphoretic is proper. Dr. Pierce's Compound
Extract of Smart-weed will fulfill this indication. In local
inflammation cold water is a good remedy, yet sometimes hot water, or
cloths wrung out of it, will be found to be the appropriate application.
When the inflammation is located in an organ within a cavity, as the
lungs, hot fomentations will be of great service. Bathing the surface
with alkaline water must not be omitted. Whenever the inflammation is
serious the family physician should be early summoned.

FEVER.

In fever all the functions are more or less deranged. In every
considerable inflammation there is sympathetic fever, but in essential
fevers there are generally fewer lesions of structure than in
inflammation. Fever occasions great waste of the tissues of the body,
and the