By no means, in regard that it is not sufficient that the Blood be extravasated for the producing of a Phlegmon; it must also cause Pain, Heat, and a Beating, with Inflammation, which is not to be found in the Echymoses, except in great ones, after they have been neglected for a long time; where the corrupted Blood ought to be let out immediately, to prevent the Inflammation, overmuch Suppuration, and many other ill Consequences.
Is the Phlegmon always compos'd of pure Blood?
No, it may happen sometimes to partake of Choler, Phlegm, or Melancholy; on which account it is nam'd an Erysipelatous, Oedomatous, or Scirrhous Phlegmon, always retaining the Name of the predominant Humour, which is the Blood; and so of the others.
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What are the Remedies proper for a Phlegmon?
They are of two sorts, viz. General and Particular; the former having regard to the antecedent cause, and the other to the conjunct. The Phlegmon is cur'd in its antecedent Cause, by Phlebotomy or letting Blood, by good Diet, and sometimes by Purgations, by which means the Plethory, Heat, and Alteration of the Blood is diminished; But Fomentations, Cataplasms and Plaisters facilitate the Cure in the conjunct cause, either by dissolving the Tumour, or bringing it to Suppuration.
At what time is the Opening of a Vein necessary?
In the Beginning and Increase.
What are the Remedies proper to be us'd immediately upon the first appearing of the Tumour?