and is characterized by every sign
of debility. A copious hemorrhage, in consequence of a cut, or other
serious injury, will lessen the quantity of blood and may produce
anaemia. After sudden blood-letting, the volume of the circulation is
quickly restored by absorption of fluid, but the red corpuscles cannot
be so readily replaced, so that the blood is poorer by being more
watery. This is only one way in which the blood is impoverished.

The blood may be exhausted by a drain upon the system, in consequence of
hard and prolonged study. Severe mental employment consumes the red
corpuscles, leaving the blood thin, the skin cool and pale, and the
extremities moist and cold.

Anaemia may arise from lack of exercise, or it may be occasioned by
mental depression, anxiety, disappointment, trouble, acute excitement of
the emotions or passions, spinal irritation; in fact, there are many
special relations existing between the red corpuscles of the blood and
the various states of the mind and the nervous system. The latter
depends directly upon the health and quantity of these red corpuscles
for its ability to execute its functions.

Anaemia may arise in consequence of low diet, or because the alimentary
organs do not properly digest the food, or when there is not sufficient
variety in the diet. No matter how anaemia is occasioned, whether by
labor and expenditure, by hemorrhages, lead poisoning, prolonged
exposure to miasmatic influences, deprivation of food, indigestion,
imperfect assimilation, frequent child-bearing, or lactation, the number
of the red corpuscles in the blood is materially diminished.

The diagnostic symptoms of anaemia are pallor of the face, lips, tongue,
and general surface, weakness of the vital organs, hurried respiration
on slight exercise, swelling or puffiness of the eyes, and a murmur of
the heart, resembling the sound of a bellows.

This disorder of the blood tends to develop low inflammation, dropsical
effusion, tubercular deposits, Bright's disease, derangements of the
liver, diarrhea, leucorrhea, and is a precursor of low, protracted
fevers. This condition of the blood predisposes to the development of
other affections, providing they are in existence, and often it is found
associated with Bright's disease, cancer, and lung difficulties.

TREATMENT. (1.) Prevent all unnecessary waste and vital expenditure.

(2.) Place the patient under favorable circumstances for recovery, by
regulating the