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Massage is also of benefit. Massage stimulates the 

 circulation with the same results as hot air, though it 

 is much more limited in its effect. 



Electricity, applied by the interrupted or Faradic 

 current, is only a means of massage. The advantage 

 from the interrupted current comes from the fine, vi- 

 bratory, massage-like effect; in other words, from the 

 mechanical effect and not from the electricity. 



The remedies to be used are laxative and antiseptic. 

 Digestion must be improved. Hot air or drug-medica- 

 tion will be more effectual if administered by one skilled 

 in their application ; but what any and every one can do 

 is to guard against all forms of excess, keep the elimi- 

 native organs active, and they will not be troubled with 

 rheumatism. Every thinking mind will admit that 

 rheumatism is generated from waste products which are 

 retained within the system. Active elimination will 

 prevent this, and prevention will relieve the necessity 

 of treatment. 



Following dyspepsia there is first congestion, and if 

 continued this results in a low form of inflammation 

 as described. Any part or organ offering the least re- 

 sistance will be most affected, and when the inflamma- 

 tion reaches a certain point there will be cell-prolifera- 

 tion or increase of tissue, resulting from the increased 

 blood-supply. 



The new tissue is a form of connective tissue which 

 nature designed as a framework for all the structures 

 of the bod}r, described on page 138. Gradually the 

 natural tissue is replaced by the new. This new tis- 



