mal heat are
intimately connected with these processes. In the proper performance
of these functions, very much depends on the observance of the laws
of the muscular, digestive respiratory, dermoid, and nervous
apparatuses.

REMOVAL OF DISEASE.

986. It is seldom that a physician is called in the first stages of
disease. At this important period, the treatment adopted should be
proper and judicious, or the sufferings of the patient are increased,
and life, to a greater or less degree, is jeopardized. Hence the
utility of knowing what _should be done_, and what _should not be
done_, in order that the health may be rapidly regained.

987. In all instances of acute disease, it is proper to rest, not only
the body, but the mind. To effect this, the patient should cease from
physical exertion, and also withdraw his thoughts from study and
business operations. This should be done, even if the person is but
slightly indisposed.

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984. Why should the functions of the skin be properly maintained? 985.
Show the necessity of maintaining properly other functions of the
system. 986. What is important in the first stages of disease? 987.
What is proper in all instances of acute disease? How can it be
effected?

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988. Select a room for a sick person that is exposed to as little
external noise as possible, as impressions made on the organ of
hearing greatly influence the nervous system. Likewise select a
spacious, well-ventilated apartment, that has no superfluous
furniture. The practice of placing a sick person in a small,
ill-arranged sleeping-room, when a more spacious room can be used, is
poor economy, not to say unkind.

989. Care is necessary in regulating the light of a sick-room. While a
strong light would produce an increased action of the vessels of the
brain, a moderate light would be an appropriate stimulus to this
organ. It is seldom or never necessary to exclude all light from the
sick-chamber.

990. A sick person, whether a child or an adult, should not be
disturbed by visitors, even if their calls are short. The excitement
of meeting them is followed by a depression of the nervous system. The
more dangerous and apparently nearer death the sick person is, the
more rigorous should be the observance of this suggestion. Nor should
the sick-room be opened to privileged classes; for the excitement
caused by a visit from relations and the virtuous, will do a