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Show POINTS OS HEtl.lll. tiik rmcr on ioiMiMotra m'aoti: i-iiaui'cm in Tilt: UoM. T r"fe Arl. JfuartV. In fever the tlseue rapidly iraitcs, an 1 great quantities or waste )olsoll aro poured Into the blood. Tlieso pol sons allict the nervcr, aud aro the rauie of iilllckened reapiratlou, and often of quiukmed circulation, w lilch are nrceinary In order to gat the exiees. of polion oxldlted; when, therefore, uticonieiouiueas aujiervenia, we tuny say pretty confidently tbat tho rapid circulation and thu rapid breathlne havo not been aufllclout to otldlie aud neulrullie tbo iium of mImii whkh Is being carried to the brain. Hj, again, In pneumonia the quickened breathing ihowa both the effort of Naturo to make up for tho loisof that part of the lung which la lucUeitlve, and also tbo stimulus which the Increased waste poison In the blood (Increased owlug to diminished lung capacity, capa-city, and therefore dimlnliiied ex i gen) exerta iqion tho naplratlon machinery. Ho, again, when less blood Is carried to the luuga, owing to the artery wblih leads from the heart to the lunge being partially blockul with a clot, the same ollvcl Is produced. Probably a somewhat similar condition arlns oiler hard wort., ellhtr In old age or 111 a feeble state of health. The Ha. sue, not being lu tho firm condition of the tlituo of a vigorous person accustomed accus-tomed to dally work, breaks down In large quantities, while at the ssmetlme the circulatory and respiratory machineries ma-chineries are at tholr best, and therefore there-fore tho oxidation Is Imierfect. On Ihe uext day the Imflrnud man Is liolsoned by the unusual quantity of waslu lu the aystenl, and fiots discomfort discom-fort In mauy purls of hla laxly or limbs. Ho, also, the discomfort acutvlyfelt by aome rona durlugeast wlnda probably prob-ably arlois from the jioison that ought to have been got rid of by the sUu, but, owing to the closing of the pores, has been thrown lack Into the system. |
