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CHAPTEU V. 



DISEASES ACCOMPANIED BY WANT OF POWER. 

 Chorea. — Shaking Palsy. — Fits. — Worms.— General Dropsy or Anasarca. 



As inflammation is attended bv increased action of the heart and 

 arteries, so this class of diseases is, on the contrary, accompanied 

 by a want of tone (atony) in these organs, as well as by an irri- 

 tability of the nervous system, which arises from the same cause. 

 None of them require lowering measures, but, on the contrary, 

 tonics and generous living will almost always be demanded. I 

 have included worms among them, because these parasites produce 

 a lowering effect, and seldom infest to any extent a strong healthy 

 subject, preferring the delicate and half-starved puppy, to the 

 full-grown and hardy dog. 



CHOREA. 



Ghorea, or 8t Vifus's dance, may be known by the spasmodic 

 twitches which accompany it, and by their ceasing during sleep. 



