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ation of warm water vapour, and by astringent electuaries 

 (chlorate of potassa, 2 oz. ; vinegar, 2 oz. ; linseed meal, 5 oz. ; 

 syrup, sufficient to form a pasty mass. Smear one-eighth of 

 the mass on the back teeth twice a day). Othenvise, the 

 treatment is the same as for purpura. 



ANiEMIA- 



This term is used to imply a deficiency of red globules in the 

 blood, a result which may be determined by a variety of causes 

 described in other parts of this work. Among these may be 

 named : profuse bleeding, excessive secretions from the udder, 

 kidneys, bowels, etc., chronic diseases of digestion, or of the 

 mesenteric glands, feeding on aliment deficient in some essen- 

 tial element, on what has been grown on poor, sandy soils, 

 restriction for a length of time to one kind of food, starvation, 

 diseases of the jaws or teeth^ damp, dark, badly-aired buildings, 

 seclusion from sunlight, etc. Some cases, however, are not 

 traceable to any definite cause, and it appears that they set in 

 and progress, in spite of good hygienic arrangements, and in 

 the absence of any obvious disease of structure. 



Symptoms. — Great and increasing paleness of the mucous 

 membranes, and in white animals of the skin (paper skin); lack 

 of fulness or roundness of the veins ; slow, weak pulse ; heart's 

 beat slow and heard with difficulty, but excited to palpitation 

 when the patient is subjected to violent exertion; there is 

 great lack of life and energy, and hurried breathing, perspiration 

 and fatigue are easily induced. As the blood becomes poorer 

 all these symptoms are aggravated, movement becomes un- 

 steady, the hair or wool is easily detached, appetite fails, the 

 dung is passed in small quantities and very hard, and a very 

 clear urine of a low density is secreted in excess. In the 

 advanced stages the pale, dull, sunken eye, the puffy appear- 

 ance of the membrane of the eyelids, the dropsical swellings 

 beneath the jaws or body or in the limbs, the inability or dis- 



