_Of the Inflammatory Ulcer._
It sometimes happens, that the ulcerative action becomes converted
into the inflammatory; the discharge diminishes, and sometimes ceases;
the surface is red; and the edges and surrounding skin are elevated
and inflamed. This, which has been called the phlogosis ulceris[68],
strictly speaking, does not belong to the division of ulcers, because
the ulcerative action is destroyed; but, as it is preceded, and very
quickly followed by this action, and as the solution of continuity, and
other external appearances continue, this affection may be allowed to
rank as a genus amongst ulcers, in conformity to common language.
[68] “Siccitas rubido et phlogosis ulceris facile cognoscuntur; dolore,
pruritu, calore stipantur; ca impediunt carnis excrescentiam, adeoque
indicant remedia emollientia,” &c. Sauvage Nosol. Meth. Tom. II. p. 613.
When the pain and inflammation are considerable, leeches are frequently
applied with utility in the vicinity of the sore; but it is more
generally useful to apply warm poultices, which restore the secretory
state, and the ulcerative action.