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i Condition and disposition to take on disease in the form of 

 any contagion or infection that may be prevalent. 



As we cannot always foresee, and so prevent a stoppage of the 

 bodily functions, no household should be without the know- 

 ledge and means of restoring the circulation of the blood. 



The first remedy on the list wo commend is hot Water. 

 Inasmuch as the blood and other material of the body is 

 largely composed of water, should any poisonous matter exist 

 in the human system that is foreign to it, the hot water will 

 dilute it, and assist in urging it along to the intestines and 

 extremities to eject it from the system. In many cases of 

 lassitude or exhaustion, no other remedial agent would bo 

 required. 



The next agent, is a purgative food or medicine adapted to 

 the chemical condition of the body ; and in urgent cases, an 

 emetic adapted to the same conditions given in a weak 

 solution, in doses every twenty minutes, or at sufficient inter- 

 vals to allow it to permeate the whole body through the 

 circulation of the blood, before vomiting takes place. This, 

 together with a moderate application of moisture and heat to 

 the body, would generally be a certain cure. Some simple 

 treatment such as we have described, administered in time, 

 would in many instances check what might otherwise result 

 by the prescribed system of treatment in a long and serious 

 illness. 



Ag regards the circulation of the human body, it may be 

 compared to a fire. If the fire is expected to burn well, there 

 must be freedom for the air to circulate through the material 

 that feeds it, and therefore it wants occasional clearing of the 

 ashes, before having a fresh supply of fuel put on. Should 



