The biochemic system of medicine : comprising the theory, pathological action, therapeutical application, materia medica, and repertory of Schuessler's twelve tissue remedies / by George W. Carey.

  • Carey, George W. (George Washington), 1845-1924.
Date:
1924
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Credit: The biochemic system of medicine : comprising the theory, pathological action, therapeutical application, materia medica, and repertory of Schuessler's twelve tissue remedies / by George W. Carey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    level of a tropical sea; long continuance of south and east winds; long continuance of a very high temperature, fol¬ lowing heavy rains; aggregations of human beings, with the excreta of their bodies, in small places. A crowded and dirty ship may be the nidus for yellow fever, as well as a crowded and dirty city. Exposure of decaying vege¬ table and animal matter to a burning sun; inefficient drain¬ age and the general accumulation of filth, especially the city garbage; deficiency of ozone in the atmosphere; pes¬ tilential exhalations from an upturned soil. While none of these named causes would excite an epidemic by itself, it is very probable that there is a concurrence of several of the above factors necessary to the generation of yellow fever. The yellow fever of domestic origin can only be prevented by local sanitary measures. So long as the public authorities ignore the crying evils at home and watch only for the enemy at the sea-side, we shall con¬ tinue to be scourged with repeated epidemics of yellow fever. Quarantine may or may not keep out the tropical foe, but our utmost energies should be concentrated against the enemy which has been domiciliated in our house¬ holds for nearly a century.” In yellow fever a vitiated condition of the bile causes an inflammation of the colon, which closes or partly closes that outlet. The excess of water in the blood, caused by a high temperature in a low district near the ocean or large bodies of water, is the primary cause of the disturb¬ ance in the liver. The bile and fluids of the liver and pancreas are then distributed through the body by absorp¬ tion ; the pores become closed and the kidneys cease, in a great measure, to perform their functions; and the se¬ cretions of the body, thus held in check, rapidly decom¬ pose and produce the yellow skin and black vomit. The fever is simply heat, caused by nature’s effort to supply the various parts of the body with enough oxygen and in¬ organic material from the limited amount on hand. All fevers are produced by this same cause; but other causes