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tliroat, by the inhalation 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 

 pui-pura. 



KSMMlk. 



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 : profuse bleeding, excessive secretions 

 from the udder, kidneys, bowels, etc., chronic diseases of 

 digestion, or of the mesenteric glands, feeding on ahment 

 deficient in some essential element, on what has been grown 

 on poor, sandy soils, restriction for a length of time to one 

 kiad 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 defi- 

 nite cause, and it appears that they set in and progress, ia 

 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 fullness 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 symp- 

 toms are aggravated, movement becomes unsteady, the 

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

 passed ia small quantities and very hard, and a very clear 

 urme of a low density is secreted in excess. In the ad- 

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

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

 iiigs beneath the jaws or body or in the Hmbs, the inabiHtj 



