Cell therapeutics / by William Addison.

  • Addison, William, 1802-1881.
Date:
1856
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Cell therapeutics / by William Addison. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    CELL THERAPEUTICS. I. OF KEPARATION. A PROPERTY of repair inherent in the human body is proved by the heaUng of wounds and fractures. This we propose for examination with reference to inflammation and organic disease. In scalds the part speedily becomes red, and the cuticle rises into a vesicle filled with lymph. If this be punctured with a fine needle, and the raised cuticle smoothly replaced, new cuticle is formed, the injured one peels off in flakes, and the wound heals spontaneously. In burns, the body inflicting injury is hotter, its influence extends deeper, and a portion of skin is killed. At first, the dead skin adheres strongly to the part beneath, but when a discharge ^ B