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cause and then remove it, and half the battle is 

 fought. 



If disease-producing germs cannot be killed at 

 the moment, it is still possible to diminish their 

 number or to modify their virulence. Thus to open 

 an abscess is to remove the pus-producing bacteria, 

 and hence to hasten recovery. To wash a woimd 

 or open sore with antiseptics is the simplest way 

 to remove, diminish, and destroy the evil ol the 

 sore. 



Helping the Body Fight. — When disease sets in 

 ^^^ a battle begins. One 



•:.':S^^'^v/^%?r combatant is the disease 



^^^^^h itself, the other the body. 

 Your work is to render 

 assistance to the body. 

 C' W^^M^iM-^^iv b In many cases your help 



will not be needed. In 



HOW HEAT AFFECTS Others you can render 



GROWTH incalculable aid. Here is 



At the end of 24 hours in ^here medical aid begins 



a but seven bacteria have and ends : to care for and 



developed, the temperature 



being 50 degrees. In h 700 nursc and make the body 



have developed in the same . ,i ^ •, i 



time, but in a temperature Strong that it may be VlC- 



of 70 degrees. torious, quickly, if pos- 



sible, but without fail, in the end. Medicines are help- 

 ful if they diminish the work of the diseased organ, 

 giving in this way time for the body cells to bring 

 about a cure. Therefore rest and quietness are 

 advisable, that no organ may be called upon for any 

 effort but normal function and repair. A disease of 

 the heart calls for absolute rest, of the intestines 

 for little or no irritating or bulky or hard food, of 

 the lungs for no exposure. At times it is advisable 

 to check the activity of an organ. In which case a 



