The  state  described  in  tlie  last  lecture  may,  without  farther  change,
cease  and  pass  by,  and  leave  the  part,  to  all  appearance,  jnst  as  it  was
before.  And  there  are  two  chief  modes  in  which  this  may  happen  ;
namely,  by  resolution  or  the  simple  cessation  of  the  inflammation,  and
by  metastasis,  in  which,  while  the  inflammation,  disappears  from  one
part,  it  appears  in  another.  So  far  as  the  inflamed  part  itself  is  con-
cerned, I  believe  the  changes  are  in  both  these  cases  the  same,  and  con-
sist in  a  more  or  less  speedy  return  to  the  normal  method  of  circulation,
and  the  normal  condition  of  the  blood  and  of  the  nerves  ;  the  tissue
itself  presenting  no  apparent  change  of  structure.
