ula may be the consequence of insufficient nourishment, resulting
from subsisting upon poor food, or a too exclusively vegetable diet,
with little or no animal food.

Want of exercise and uncleanliness contribute to its production. It is
much more prevalent in temperate latitudes, where the climate is
variable, than in tropical or frigid regions. The season of the year
also greatly influences this disease, for it frequently commences in the
winter and spring, and disappears again in the summer and autumn months.

TREATMENT. The skin should be kept clean by means of frequent baths.
These assist the functional changes which must take place on the surface
of the body, permit the stimulating influence of the light and air and
facilitate the aeration of the blood, as well as the transpiration of
fluids through the innumerable pores of the skin. All exposure to a low
temperature, especially in damp weather, and the wearing of an
insufficient amount of clothing should be avoided. Then the food should
be generous and of the most nourishing character. Steady habits and
regular hours for eating and sleep must be observed, if we would restore
tone and regularity to the functions of nutrition. Moderate exercise in
the open air is essential, in order that the blood may become well
oxygenated, that the vital changes may take place. It is no doubt true
that the occasion of the prevalence of scrofula among the lower classes
may be ascribed to frequent and severe climatic exposures, irregular and
poor diet, or want of due cleanliness. Every well-regulated family can
avoid such causes and live with a due regard to the conditions of
health. The proper treatment of scrofula is important, because we meet
with its symptoms on every side, showing its slow actions upon different
parts of the body and its influence upon all the organs. After this
disease has been existing for an indefinite length of time, certain
glands enlarge, slowly inflame, finally suppurate, and are very
difficult to heal. These sores are very liable to degenerate into
ulcers. All of these symptoms point to a peculiar taste of the blood,
which continually feeds and strengthens this morbid outbreak. All
authors agree that the blood is not rich in fibrinous elements, but
tends to feebleness and slow inflammation, which ends in maturation.
Thus we may trace back this low and morbid condition of the blood to
debility of the nutritive organs, defective digestion, which may be