Dropsy is not a disease in itself

It is a result, a symptom, and it is equally evident that it may be a consequence of a great variety of circumstances, One of the commonest forms of dropsy is obstruction to the circulation in the veins; and in such cases the dropsy occurs usually chiefly in the most dependent parts, about the feet and ankles, Pre ure of tumors upon veins is a frequent cause. But nothing produces dropsy in this way so quickly as some disorder of the heart impeding the due flow of blood through it. In such a case the dropsy begins in the feet and ankles, and creeps upward slowly or rapidly according to the extent of the failure of the heart. -, Drosky, Droshky, or Droschky, a Ru ian and Pru ian four-wheeled vehicle in which the pa engers ride astride a bench, their feet resting on bars near the ground. It has no top.