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internal temperature is held 8t«adily at 98 degrees ? Do you know that a 

 change of half a dozen degrees of the internal temperature, either way, is 

 almost sure death? The great mortality of children in summer is due 

 mainly to heat. An abundance of woolen clothing alone can guard against 

 the effects of the violent changes in the climate of the autumn and winier 

 and spring. How few are aware that the infectious diseases which so ravage 

 childhood are caused by careless exposure to the contagion, or, if aware, act 

 accordingly ? 



Bfervonsness. — This unhealthy state of system depends upon 

 debility. It is often inherited from birth, and as often brought ou by i 

 of sedentary occupation, overstrained employment of the brain, mental 

 emotion, dissipation and exctss. The nerves consist of a structure of fibers ■ 

 or cords passing through the entire body, branching off from, and having a 

 connection with each other, and finally centers on the brain. They are the 

 organs of feeling and sensation of every kind, and through them the mind 

 oijerates upon the body. It ia obvious, therefore, that what is termed 

 the " nervoxis system " has an important part ia the bodily functions; and 

 upon them not only much of the health, but happiness, depends. 



Treatiiienl.—TYic cure of ncrvo la complaints lies rather in moral than in 

 medical treatment For although much good may bo effected by tonics, 

 Buch as bark, quinine, etc., there is far more benefit to bo derived from atten- 

 tion to diet and regimen. In such cases, solid food should preponderate 

 over liquid, and the indulgence in warm and relaxing fluids should be espe- 

 cially avoided; plain and nourialiing meat, as beef or mutton, a steak or 

 chop, together with half a pint of bitter ale or stout, forming the btst dinner. 

 Cocoa \a preferable to tea; vegetables should be but sparingly eaten. Seden- 

 tary pursuits should be cast aside as much as possible, but where they are 

 compulsory, every spare moment should bo devoted to outdoor employment 

 and brisk exercise. Early bedtime and early rising will prove beneficial, 

 and the use of the cold shower bath is excellent. Gymnastic exercises, 

 fencmg, horee-riding, rowing, dancing, and other pursuits which call forth 

 the energies, serve also to brace and invigorate the nervous system. It ^ill 

 also be as well to mingle ■with society, frequent public assembhea and 

 amusements, and thus dispel that morbid desire for seclusion and quietude 

 which, if indulged in to excess, renders a person unfitted for intercourse 

 with mankind, and materially interferes with advancement in life. 



Mea.tles. — Measles are an acute inflammation of the skin, internal and 

 external, combined with an infectious fever. 



SxpnjifJfns. — Chills, succeeded by great heat, languor, and drowsiness, 

 pains in the head, back and hmlis, quick pulse, soreness of throat, tliirsL, 

 nausea and vomiting, a dry cough, and high colored urine. These symp- 

 toms increase in violence for four days. The eyes are inflamed and weak, 

 and the nose ixjurs forth a watery secretion, with frequent sneezing. There 

 is considcrablo inflammation in the laiynx, windpipe, and bronchial tubet>, 

 ^•ith soreness of the breast and hoarseness. Al)out the fourth day the skin 

 is covered with a breaking out which produces heat and itching, and is red 

 ia spots, upon the face first, gradually spreadin?: over the whole body, it 

 grjes off in the same Avay, from the face first and 'hen from the body, and the 

 hoarseness and other symptoms decline with it; at last the outside ekin 

 peels off in scales. 



TrccUniPul — In a%uld form, uoihia;; is required but a lighj diet, Bljbtl.i 



