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Fever and Ague,
frxTtn wiaeh mankind suffer evpr a larst- part of
the globe, is the ron*»-tpience of a dueased action
in the eyitem, induced by the poisonous naasti,
vegetable decay. Thia cihalatixm is evolved by
the action of nolar heat on wet soil, nnd riaes with
the watery vapor from it. While the sun is below
the horizon th»* vapor lingers near the earth's *ur
face, and the viru* is taken with it through tim
lungs into the blood. There st acts a* an irritating
poidon on the internal viscera and excretiutt orpana
of the body. The liver becomes torpid and fails to
•wtfte not only this virus, but also the bile from
the blood. Both the vims and the bile accumulato
in the circulation, and pn^dnce violent constitu
tional disorder. The spleen, the kidneys, and the
stomach sympathize with the liver and become
dwordered also. Finally, the instinct of our or
Karufni. as if in an attempt to expel the noxious
imu»iou, concentrates the whole bliKwl of the body
in the internal excretorica to force tliem to cast it
out. The blood leaves the surface, and rushes to
the central organs with congestive violence. This
IJN theCaii,!. Bat in this effort it fail*. Then the
FtiVKH follows, iu which the blood leaves the cen
tral organs and rushes to the surface, aa if in
another effbrt to expel the irritating poison through
that o'iier great excretory—the skin. In this
tiUo it f.uln, atid the Kvstem abandon* the attfcmpt
exhanueil, and waits lor the recuvery ®f atrength
to repeat the hopeless effort another day. These
are the fits or paroxysms of FBVKU. AKD AOUB.
Ptich rofjtititutionnl diwirder will of course under
mine the health if it is not removed.
