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for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 57
CHAPTER III. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF TREATMENT WITH
ANTI-SERA?ADMINISTRATION OF ANTI-SERA? COMPLICATIONS AND SEQUELS OF
THE TREATMENT General Principles of Treatment with Anti-sera It
should be clearly understood and recognised that the phrase ' cure
of disease- is, in an active sense, a misnomer. The actual '
healing - of a damaged tissue or restoration of function of a
disordered organ is brought about by the reparative powers of the
vital activities of the living matter, bioplasm, or protoplasm of
the body, the vis medicatrix naturce. Strictly speaking, the
physician or surgeon, by his art and science, does not ' cure- in
the sense of repairing actual damage; all that he does is, as far
as possible, to bring about a condition of things most favourable
for the exercise of its healing functions by the living matter.
First of all, as far as possible, he removes the cause ofthe
disordered condition, and then, for example, he compels rest, and
applies cold or heat to an inflamed part; he administers drugs
which are known by experience or experiment to modify the
activities of the living matter in a particular direction, and so
on. It therefore follows that if tissue damage has occurred through
the action of mechanical injuries, toxic substances, and such like,
the administration of drugs and similar substances will not
directly repair the damage, but will only assist the curative
action of the tissues. Tissue damage is repaired by cellular action
alone. The anti-toxins and anti-sera are able to neutralise the
toxins or activities of the bacteria which produce disease, and if
they be administered early enough, they will prevent the tissue
damage to which the morbid symptoms are due. Anti-toxin has no more
power than any other drug to repair tissue damage if this has ...
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