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pulse, 110 to 190. If symptoms lull, do not think child Is better, for usually, 

 they will recommence. Disease lasts from 2 to 14 days, and 19 out of 20 die. 

 REifEDY, pages 105, 106, 107, 210. 



DELIRIUM TREMENS.— -%TOj9<oms.— This is a disease consisting 

 essentially of excessive irritability and exhaustion of the nervine functions. 

 Physicians term it Delirium Tremens, from the abberation of mind and the 

 universal shaking of the body which characterise it. It is generally caused by 

 excessive and long continued abuse of ardent spirits; or by their sudden with- 

 drawal; but it may arise from any cause which exhausts the brain, or excites 

 the nervous system for a length of time. 



Symptoms. —The attack of this complaint is more or less sudden in differ- 

 ent instances. For a few days at its commencement, the patient is merely 

 incapable of his ordinary duties and exertion ; a constant restlessness, debility, 

 and inappetency, and occasional vomiting take place, with dullness and dejec- 

 tion of spirits, and headache. Vague suspicions are entertained of approaching 

 danger, and he is haunted by visions and figures. Delirium generally accom- 

 panies these hallucinations, and the patient is always looking about, apprehen 

 sive of being seized, and distrusting every one who approaches. He is sensible 

 for a moment when reasoned with, but soon reverts to his delusions. The 

 pulse is quick, but soft, the skin cool or perspiring, and the pupil dilated. 

 Remedy, page 190. 



DIABETES. — Symptoms. — The name of a disease in which the urine 13 

 exceedingly increased in quantity. The normal amount of urine passed every 

 twenty-four hours is about fifty fluid ounces, while in diabetes the patient will 

 often pass from three to five gallons of pale colored urine within that time, and 

 contains a great portion of sugar. There is great thirst and a voracious 

 appetite, with wasting of the body; and the quantity of the urine far exceeds the 

 food and drink taken in. Young persons are rarely attacked with this disorder, 

 The most frequent subjects of it are those in middle age or in the decline of life, 

 or who have made a free use of wine in their earlier years. It happens to persons 

 of both sexes, and it is not easy to point out any particular constitution that is 

 subject to it, or to say that any other disease is a forerunner of it. Dissection 

 throws little light on the nature of this complaint; but it is now believed to be 

 owing to a distinct lesion of the nervous system. Diabetes comes on insidiously 

 without any previous disorder; it may continue for a long time without much 

 emaciation, and it is commonly the great thirst and voracious appetite that first 

 call attention to the disorder that is going on in the system. Severe headache 

 is also a symptom of some importance. The emaciation is probably connected 

 with increased metamorphosis, as indicated by the increased secretion of urea 

 and phosphates. Sometimes, in the progress of the disease, the stomach is 

 considerably deranged, the skin becomes dry, parched and scaly, and there is 

 a sense of weight and pain in the urinary passages. When the disease has 

 continued long, there is extreme emaciation, debility, and the usual symptoms 

 of hectic fever. Remedy, pages 176, 177, 184, 178-180. 



