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the capillaries is restored, and the blood, though 

 reduced in quantity, is slowly returning to its normal 

 quality and state ; when the temperature has fallen 

 to the normal standard, when the glands of the 

 stomach and intestine are resuming work, the liver 

 and kidneys are acting freely, the further prose- 

 cution of the treatment that has been recommended 

 would be useless, and might do harm by prolonging 

 the convalescence and retarding the return of healthy 

 strength. This is the time when the organism is 

 returning to its normal state, when " nature's efforts " 

 may be assisted, and the return to health expedited 

 by judicious medical treatment. Stilt the patient 

 must be regarded as an invalid, and the greatest care 

 exercised. The organism will not bear any fatigue, 

 and injudicious muscular exertion may be followed 

 by coagula forming in the capillaries or veins. Thus 

 may commence a second illness. It is not until some 

 weeks after an attack of fever that the blood and the 

 tissues of the body regain their perfectly healthy state. 

 The mineral acids, iron, bark, salicine, quinine, and 

 many of the bitter tonics, given with care and judgment 

 will assist the action of the stomach and promote the 

 formation of new blood. Small doses of dilute hydro- 

 chloric and phosphoric acids with pepsin before meals 

 often expedite the return to the normal state of health. 

 If profuse sweating continues too long, it may some- 

 times be checked by quinine and acid, by small doses 

 of sulphate of zinc and other remedies. Alkalies in 



