...persons not too much enfeebled to allow of any loss of blood. Laennec expresses his opinion, " that bleeding can neither prevent the formation of tubercles,...inflammation or active determinations of blood, with which the disease may be complicated : beyond this, its USE OF HYDROCYANIC ACID. 87 operation can only tend...

...blood-letting in consumption, will ere long be echoed throughout the world. It is this, — " That bleeding can neither prevent the formation of tubercles,...inflammation or active determinations of blood, with which the disease may be complicated ; beyond this, its operation can only tend to an useless loss of strength."...

...inflammation. Laennec observes, — " I shall content myself with asserting briefly, in this place, that bleeding can neither prevent the formation of tubercles...consumption, except to remove inflammation or active determination of blood, with which the disease may be complicated ; beyond this, its operation can...

...that bleeding could neither prevent the formation of tubercles nor cure them, when formed. He says: "It ought never to be employed in the treatment of...inflammation or active determinations of blood, with which the disease may be complicated; beyond this its operation can only tend to a useless loss of strength."...

...that bleeding could neither prevent the formation of tubercles nor cure them, when formed. He says "It ought never to be employed in the treatment of...inflammation or active determinations of blood, with which the disease may be complicated, beyond this its operation can only tend to a useless loss of strength."...