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througn ties lobelia pills, where it is not désizabe to excite 
the system too much. If our thoughtful readers have followed 
us (as we would like them to so far in our work), they will see 
that we are not tied down toa few things So to speak, the 
Whole list of herbalism is before us, and if that is not 
enough the regular medicine list 1s at hand Use your 
judgment till a suitable medicine to meet all ordinary 
indications is found. Nervines, tonics, and sudorifics are 
the medicines required in fevers of a nervous kind. 
TYPHUS FEVER 
May be classed under the heads of: putrid, malignant, or 
spotted, &c. It commences with loss of appetite, restlessness, 
giddiness in the head, depression of spirits, heats and chills, 
with frequent era bowels generally confined, although 
diarrhoea sometimes accompanies it: There is often a cough, 
red and watery eyes, with bleeding at the nose, and difficulty 
of swallowing. As the disease advances, red spots appear on 
the abdomen, with loss of blood from the mouth and bowels: 
the memory becomes imperfect, delirium sets in, followed by 
great prostration, a black crust covers the lips, teeth, and 
tongue; the stools become watery and oppressive; the fatal 
Symptoms are when the patient becomes lost in a dull stupor ; 
a twitching of the lips, eyelids, jaws, and hands, may be 
noticed, followed by low murmurings, hiccough, catching at, 
imaginary objects, and finally death. From the above symp- 
toms it will be seen how grave a form of fever this it. The 
causes of it are bad sanitation, keeping on wet clothes, lying 
in damp beds, wet feet, blood poisoning, &c. As before 
stated, we should not wait to see a full development of the 
disease. It is a blessing that we have got in the course of 
medicine a means of preventing the development of this and 
otherfevers of the most dangerouskinds. Steam, it maybe said, is 
the greatest physical power in the world, and in curing disease, 
especially fever, its power is hardly known; it is superior to 
warm baths, as it seems to persuade the pores of the skin to 
open and let out the poisonous matters, which is one of the 
