Heat is a function of the whole nervous system, a discovery made by D. D. Palmer on July 1, 1903. Fever is a symptom, it is associated with pathological conditions. The quantity of heat is regulated by the amount of nerve-vibration. The orderly manner is determined by nerve tension. The tissue of the nerve itself does not furnish the energy or the force.
Intelligence produces the actions which constitute life by animating the material body.
The usefulness of fever is made manifest by M. D. s while sitting at the bedside of the patient, waiting and watching for the crisis of fever. Dr. Davis in his brief statement above wisely sums up the opinions and conclusions of the medical profession regarding fever. The word mechanism is mentioned twice in the above quotations. Webster defines mechanism as the arrangement or relation of the parts of a machine. Man, animal brutes and vegetables possess life, vital force, are not machines.