Note 26 — A DISSERTATION ON THE Inutility of Amputation.

At present, since we know that pus is only a corruption of the crassamentum of the blood, it is easier, perhaps, than formerly, to explain why an inflammatory denseness of the blood terminates sometimes in an abscess, and at other times in a compleat recovery without one. Dr. Pringle, to whom we are indebted for so many useful discoveries, which have thrown a new light on the theory and practice of physic, was the first who pointed out the true manner in which pus was formed, concerning which so many conjectures had been made; and Mr. Gaber has demonstrated it very particularly by a number of very curious experiments. Tissot.