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338 ESOTERIC ANTHROPOLOGY.
chiefly local, it is called inflammation, and the fever is
considered sympathetic or symptomatic; but if there is
much general disturbance, we speak of brain fevei-, lung
fever, gastric fever, etc.
Intermittent Fever—chills and fever—fever and ague
is one of the simplest and best defined forms of this dis
ease. It begins with a chill, or rigor, which may last
from half an hour to two or three hours ; be mild or
6evere, with a shivering of the whole body, and a feel
ing of coldness which no fire can warm. The external
capillaries collapse, and the blood is thrown upon the
internal organs. The second stage is that of fever,
with pain, throbbing, heat, thirst. This lasts an hour
or two, and is followed by a crisis of perspiration. The
attack is repeated on the next day but one, the third, or
even the fourth day.
Cause.—Malaria, acting upon a system
resist, or free itself in any other manner.
too weak to
—This Effects. disease is not generally considered
dangerous, but it is sometimes fatal to a weak and ex
hausted person. I have known \h# chill produce gen
eral collapse and coma, from which there was no reac
tion. As usually treated by quinine, arsenic, piperine,
and other violent or insidious poisons, the cause of dis
ease and the remedies both remain in the system, pro
ducing various chronic diseases.
Treatment.—As in all cases, we must aid nature in
her efforts, keep them within safe limits, and as far as
possible invigorate and purify. If practicable, the pa
tient should remove from a malarious region. This
alone is often sufficient for a cure. But if we must
labor under the disadvantage of curing the disease,