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poison has been prepared for the growth and multi- 

 plication of disease germs by a long course of pre- 

 liminary change. I think that the condition favourable 

 to the contraction of fever slowly results from long 

 exposure to circumstances adverse to health. And 

 although an attack of typhoid, for example, may be a 

 direct consequence of exposure to the emanations 

 from filth, it is quite certain that the body and the 

 blood of the person attacked have been seriously 

 deranged by previous exposure to noxious influences, 

 or to circumstances likely to exhaust the energy and 

 depress the health. In some instances we may obtain 

 evidence that for many weeks or months the organism 

 has been unconsciously, But most surely undergoing 

 changes which prepare it for the reception and growth 

 of the poison. It is the development of this state of 

 derangement that we so much desire to interfere 

 with. Could we succeed in preventing the preliminary 

 changes in the blood, or restore that fluid to its 

 healthy condition when it is only slightly deranged, 

 thousands of lives would be saved annually. 



Sudorific Remedies, Diuretics, and Purgatives. 



Sudorifics. and Diuretics. Under this head I propose 

 to refer very briefly to some of the remedies which 

 I have myself been in the habit of prescribing most 

 frequently. The number of sudorific, diuretic, and 

 purgative drugs is very large, and many of them 

 act in the same manner. Whether, for example, 



