Observations, with cases illustrative of a new, simple, and expeditious mode of curing rheumatism and sprains, without in the least debilitating the system / by William Balfour. M.D.

  • Balfour, William, 1780-
Date:
1816
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    tarrh, Pneumonia, Pleuritis, however they may differ in density, are of the same nature with the tendinous Aponeu- roses of the joints and muscles, and the celhilar substance interposed between their fibres. It is, therefore, not illogi- cal to conclude, that it is the cellular membrane, not the muscular fibre, that is primarily and peculiarly affected in Rheumatism. Not but that there must also be an affection of the muscular fi- bre ; for, as has already been observed, the connection betwixt the two, the cel- lular substance and muscular fibre, is so intimate, that we cannot well conceive the former to be in a morbid state, and the latter remaining altogether sound. But we must repeat, that this affection of the muscular fibre is secondary, and therefore cannot be considered as con- stituting a proximate cause. In the fifth place, Dr. CuUen has re- marked, that the affection of the mus- c