Excerpt from Dissertations on Inflammation, Vol. 1: Containing Preliminary Dissertation on Some of the Laws of the Animal Economy; Dissert; II on the History, Causes, and Consequences of Simple Inflammation The foundation on which medical reasonings are built, is a knowledge of the laws and opera tions of the living principle but as our acquaint ance with these is exceedingly imperfect, the epi nions which are formed from this must be fluctuat ing, and frequently very uncertain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.