f causes. As they, however, invariably
run the natural course, I shall not dwell upon them here.

CHICKEN-POX.

Chicken-pox, or Varicella, of which the contagium also remains a
mystery, is another infectious eruptive form of disease, peculiar to
children. It begins with the appearance of a number of little pigmented
elevations on the skin which develop into vesicles and pustules. After a
certain period they become encrusted with scabs, which dry up and fall
off. When the pustules are deep-seated, small scars remain There is no
fever, and the illness is over in about fourteen days. The contagion
passes through personal contact, or through clothing and bed linen.

If symptoms are severe enough to require it, treatment should follow the
directions for scarlet fever.

SMALL-POX.

As a matter of fact Chicken-pox is of congeneric origin with small-pox,
with which, in a very much milder degree, it has various features in
common. But small-pox itself is engendered of foul and insanitary
conditions of life, impure blood and bad and insufficient nourishment
and these, together with its risk under unscientific conditions and in
times past of facial disfigurement, have made its name more repugnant to
the layman than perhaps any other form of disease. All that need be said
about it here, however, is that it is largely a terror of the past and
that the sure preventative against it always, and the one reliable
anti-toxin against contagion, under all circumstances, is good healthy
blood and hygienic-dietetic living.

Those readers who may desire a minute description of this form of
disease will find the same in chapt: XII of my greater work
"Regeneration."

TYPHOID FEVER OR TYPHUS ABDOMINALIS.

_(A) General Description._

This description of fever is usually termed typhus or nerve fever. It
characterizes all forms of typhoid disease of which the following
features constitute the prominent symptoms.

To a peculiar degree, chiefly young and strong individuals of from 15 to
30 years of age are attacked by this disease, while those in early youth
and of more advanced years are much less subject to the same.

It is a complaint very dangerous to those who eat and drink to excess
and without discretion. Strong excitement of the mind, such as a shock
or great anguish, will undoubtedly favor the appearance of typhus. The
seasons too have considerable influence upon it, most cases occurring
during the Autumn months--from Au