. 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—. (Inflammations Antidote) 476 TEXAS MEDICAL JOURNAL. this association took its first uncertain tottering steps. Independentjournals lent theiraid and by their widespread advocacy of medi-cal organization nursed the foster-child until it became a healthy,growing youth. By and by we see the American Medical Asso-ciation grown to proportions embracing the whole of the UnitedStates with a weekly medical journal which is sent to every mem-ber of the Association upon the payment of his annual society longer does this ungrateful child require the kindly care ofits foster-mother; having no further use for independent medicaljournals it turns upon and seeks to devour them, destroy them,force them out of existence. ^No society journal can be untrammelled and in the highest de-gree helpful in the same sense that independent journals are, forthe reason that editors of the former hold their office by virtue oftheir ability to conciliate, to please the faction which
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