Fever and Ague,
from which mankind eu0«r over a large part of
the stktbe, i* the eonsequenoc of a diseased action
in thr* Nvntero, induced by the poisonous miasm of
\«fctsble cav. Thja eshalation is eTohed by
the action of solar hea.t on wet aoil, and rise# with
tljff **tm Tapor from it. While the sun is below
|!le horizon tlm vapor lingers near the earth's «ur
I.ice, and the virus is taken with it through the
jtmgs into the blood. There it acts as sn irritating
poison 011 tine mtcrnal viscera and exrreting organs
•i.f tho body. Tlie liver becomes torpid and fail* to
:rete not only this virus, but al*o the bile from
*l»e blood. Both tho virus and the bile accumulate
iu the eirctilation, and produce violent constitu
ti nal disorder. The sjleen, the kidneys, and tbe
is. jmach sympathsjip with the livpr, nnd become
^ordered'also. Finally, the instinct of our or
ganism, as if in an attempt to erpel the noxious
Vnfjsion, concentrates the whole blood of the body
jn the internal exeretories to force them to cast ft
out. The blood leaves the surface, and rushes to
the e«r.tr organs teith oongesthe violence. Thia
*is theCnuut, But in this cifort it fails. Then the
Fpvr.n folfovn, to whi^h tlie hliKwl leaves the cen
tral org"n# and to the surface, as if in
another effort to e*j»el the irritating poison through
thaf other preat excretory the »kin. In this
a?v it fs?H, und the system almndoiis the attempt
exhausted, and waitH for the recovery of strength
to K-Tv^t tht- hopeless effirt another day. These
are tiw H+M or pwrorvsnm of FavKH AWD Aoua.
huch I'oasUtxtion tl disorder will of course under
fnl^»»the health if it w not removed.
