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CHAPTER II.

CONSEQUENCES OF INFLAMMATION OF BONE.

1. Abscess in Bone.—2. Ulceration of Bone.—3. Mortification, or Death of Bone.

Having described the different varieties of Inflammation that affect the Bones, and having shewn that they are as distinctly marked in them as in the other tissues of the human body, I shall now proceed to describe what may be considered as the consequences of inflammation.

Inflammation of bone may terminate in one of three ways,—in the formation of an abscess, in ulceration, or in death of the bone.