CONGESTION

“A common condition of disease in an undue flow of blood into any part, or accumulation within it. The ve els seem to lose the power of emptying themselves, which they po e in health. Congestion, although an effect of both visitation and inflammation, may exist irrespective of either. Two forms of it are distinguished, active and pa ive. The first is when some excitement causes the blood to pa more rapidly into a part than its ve els can transmit out of it; the second when from some inherent debility the ve els cannot get rid of the fluid ordinarily thrown into them. Congestion of organs disturb their functions, and through them the general health.”