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throat, by the mhalation of warm water vapor, and by as- 

 tringent 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). Otherwise, the treatment is the same as for 

 purpura. 



ANEMIA. 



This term is used to imply a deficiency of red globules 

 in the blood, a result which may be determined by a vari- 

 ety of causes described in other parts of this work. Among 

 these may be named : worms, profuse bleeding, excessive se- 

 cretions from the udder, kidneys, bowels, etc., chronic dis- 

 eases of digestion, or of the mesenteric glands, feeding on 

 aliment deficient in some essential 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 sunhght, 

 etc. Some cases, however, are not traceable to any defi- 

 nite 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 mu- 

 cous membranes, and in white animals of the skin (paper 

 skin) ; lack of fuUness 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 

 mduced. As the blood becomes poorer aU these symp- 

 toms are aggravated, movement becomes unsteady, the 

 hau: 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 ad- 

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

 ance of the membrane of the eyehds, the dropsical swell- 

 ings beneath the jaws or body or in the Hmbs, the inabilitj 



