liver, become weakened or deranged. In fever (temperature
due to the extra efforts of the vital organs to throw out the
enemies of life), although the heat of the surface is increased
above the natural standard, yet the amount of heat generated
may be less than is produced in a state of health. The secre
tions and transpirations from the skin and mucous surface being
suspended, the heat is locked up in the system. This, con
trary to popular belief, is a wise provision for retaining the
heat, in order to sustain the recuperative actions, and thus
effect a crisis in disease. Experiments have shown that in most
inflammatory diseases, the blood contains less positive electricity
than it does when taken from one in health. As the functions
of the stomach and bowels are restored to a healthy condition
a natural warmth and activity becomes again established
throughout the system.
17. The same means that will restore the natural tempera
ture of the system, as pure stimulants (Capsicum, for instance)
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and the vapor baths, will also increase the electro-galvanic or nervous power which governs the circulation and all the vital functions. It is to be noted especially that the healthy activity of the digestive powers is due to the saliva—Alkaline—mixed with the food we eat and which comes in contact with the digestive acids in the stomach. There is an Electro-Galvanic activity set in motion just as we find it in the modern storage battery.
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