I. Wounds on different parts of the body are the most frequent causes of this disease. It was formerly supposed it was the effect only of a wound, which partially divided a tendon, or a nerve; but we now know it is often the consequence of læsions which affect the body in a superficial manner. The following is a list of such wounds and læsions as have been known to induce the disease:
1. Wounds in the soles of the feet, in the palms of the hands, and under the nails, by means of nails or splinters of wood.
2. Amputations, and fractures of limbs.
3. Gun-shot wounds.
4. Venesection.
5. The extraction of a tooth, and the insertion of new teeth.
6. The extirpation of a schirrous.
7. Castration.
8. A wound on the tongue.