Fever and Ague,
from which mankind suffer over a large part of
the globe, ia the oonaequcnce of a diseased actum
in the sratem, iadueed oy the poisonous miasm ot
vegetable decay. Tttla exhalation is •volvedl by
the action of solar heat on wet soil, and rises with
the watery vapor from it. WMle the BUB Is below
the horizon this vapor lingBM near the earth's sur
face, and the virus ia taasn with it through the
lungs into the blood. There it acts aa an irritating
poison on the internal visoera and excreting organs
of the body. The liver be cornea torpid ana ftuia to
secretr not only this virus, but also the bile from
the blood. Both the virus and tbe bile accumulate
in the circulation, and produce violent constitu
tional disorder. The spleeft, the kidneys, and the
stomach sympathise with the liver, and become
disordered alao. Finally, the inatinct of our or
ganism, aa if in an attempt to expel the noxious
infusion, concentrates the whole Mood of the bodr
in the internal excretoriea to foroe them to cast it
out. The blood leavee the surface, and rushes to
the central organs with congestive violence. This
is the CHILL. But in thia effort it foils. Then the
FEVRH followa, in which thf blood leavea the cen
tral organs and rushes to the surface, aa if in
another effort to expel the irritating poiaon turough
that other great excretory —the akin In this
also it fails, and the system abandons the attempt
exhausted, and waits for the recovery of atrength
to repeat the hopeleas effort another day. Theae
are the fits or paroxysms of FtfVKK a NO Auua.
Such constitutional disorder will of coulee under
mine the health if it. is not removed.
