On the Antiphlogistic Method of Treatment

Etymologically, it signifies that which is opposed to inflammation ; "but, as a technical phrase, it usually implies the employment of means for reducing the quantity and quality of the blood. Formerly very little doubt was entertained as to the efficacy of such means, but in recent times the propriety of depletion in the treatment of acute inflammations has been denied by a large and constantly-increasing number both of physiologists and physicians. It is strange, indeed, that there should be a difference ot opinion