. Texas medical journal. ive to theopsonic value of the blood and the severity of a localized diseaseprocess depends largely upon the retardation of the flow of theblood to that part. The phagocytes may gather, but unless they receive the fullamount of the normal flow with its opsonins, resisting power is lostand suppuration takes place. We must either increase the opsonicindex of the blood so that the small amount flowing through the in-fected part may be of normal opsonic value, or, what is simpler and aseffective, dilate the blood-vessels and let the blood, with natures ownmethod of combati
. Texas medical journal. ive to theopsonic value of the blood and the severity of a localized diseaseprocess depends largely upon the retardation of the flow of theblood to that part. The phagocytes may gather, but unless they receive the fullamount of the normal flow with its opsonins, resisting power is lostand suppuration takes place. We must either increase the opsonicindex of the blood so that the small amount flowing through the in-fected part may be of normal opsonic value, or, what is simpler and aseffective, dilate the blood-vessels and let the blood, with natures ownmethod of combating disease, circulate through the area desired. Heat dilates the blood-vessels, but to be effective it must extendto the periphery of the infected area, when it will not cause suppura-tion by increasing the bacteria. An antiseptic poultice is the bestmethod of conveying heat. There is but one method of poulticingwhich commends itself to thinking physicians, and that is with theantiseptic, hygroscopic, plastic dressing—. o20 TEXAS MEDICAL JOURNAL. least ail hour in the open, walking, working in the garden, playingwith the children; fourth, sleep eight hours in a thoroughly ven-tilated room; fifth, drink all the water between meals you care to;sixth, dont bother to forgive your enemies—just forget them;seventh, keep busy—it is a beautiful world, and we must and willand can leave it more beautiful than we found it.—Elbert Hub-hards The Fra. A Medical Defense of Tobacco. An attack upon what is termed the popular prejudice againstthe cigarette and an attempt to discourage all anti-tobacco legisla-tion, appears in the editorial columns of the American Medicine(Philadelphia, March). Says the writer: The harmlessness of tobacco in moderation seems to be con-ceded by the great majority of physicians, and it is difficult toaccount for the numerous statements to the contrary, particularlyin the school physiologies. The popular prejudice against thecigarette is still more amazing i
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