Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-09-19
Fan Fevers aid How to Avoid Than

Ihe season has come when fevers prevail. A
fever taken In the fall, moreover is more Ant
70 De stubborn than one caught ia the spring.
ohoer tnese circumstances, . few hints with
regard to autumnal fevers, may do good.
Most feyers are the results Of carelessness.
VI course, we speak Of fever in its ordinary
torm, and not Of il when epidemic The pre-
waning fever OF the fall season Is the interipit-
tent, commonly known as the sgpe In which
the fever goes OF for & time, or intermits. ma
KING way Tor an access Of cold, which, Ia Sc
we're cases, rises to chill, which shakes the
"noie person. Ihis fever, once taken, is fire.
Iuently not got rid Of till the following sprirg
and often hang about the victim for a longer
time continually recurring. A drink of iced
lemonade, or a northeasterly wind, has been
Known 10 bring back this fever, long after
the individual has supposed himself cured of
IL. Not unfrequently IL is present when least
suspected nervous irritability, a slight
disposition to chiliiness, and feeling Of inde-
scrlbahle wretchednesS, often attend persons
VINO are yet unable to tell what is the matter
with them. They really suffer from interrnit-
tent lever. In fact, il prevails, under this
low type, to far greater degree that is gener-
ally imagined.
Exposure to the night air, ut this season
sitting IN damp rooms or remaining with wet
clothes on, are the most ordinary examples of
the carlessness through which this fever is
caught. Citizens who are visiting in the
country, or who live in suburban cottages are
particularly liable to intermittent, for they
sat out In the moonlight, without their heads
being covered, just as they would in town.
and the consequence is a fl Of chiIls Others.
forgetting that country houses are damper than
city ones, neglect TO make fires, morning and
evening, atbins almost indispensable for health
FOR though farmers do not do this IL is because
they sit In their kitchens. where there are
such fires, and therefore do not feel the need
of it. Physicians attribute these fevers 10 the
miasm in the atmo sphere, caused by the decay
Of vegetable matter In damp locslities. In
termittents always prevail most, where, after
heavy rains in June and July, the sun comes
out hot In August and September. To live
near tract of land actually buried under wa
ter, is not, therefore, as unhealthy, as to re-
side near half drained meadow or swamp.
high lands, generally, though not invariably,
are exempt. a wood or hill sheltering house
from the winds that blow from a noIious To-
cality' frequently protects the inmates from
taking the disease.
Care, IN avoiding an Intermittent, is the
more necessary, because the fever sometimes
though not often, runs into severe types. Next
In danger to intermittent is the remittent, in
which the fever subsidies for a while, but af-
terwords returns with its old violence The
ordinary bilious fever Is Of this character. The
continued fevers are the most dangerous Of
all. When the yellow fever prevails epidemi-
cslly, fevers Of les. virulence and Of all types.
rage in the same region, attacking those who
escape the pestilcncei and some physicians say
that they also exist, TO greater degree than
usual, for year OF two preceding the epi-
demic, thus giving warning of its approach.
But this opinion is not universally held. A
careful collection and analysis of facts, de-
rived from the late experience of New Orleans,
Savannah and Norfolk, might, however, def
nitcly determine this question
Exhaustion of the physical powers, either by
excess, fatigue, or protracted grief, renders
the individual peculiarly liable 60 fall fever
The surest way TO avoid them i. to live mod
erstely, eating nourishing food, taking daily
exercise, and cultivating cheerfuIness OF mind
An "ounce of preventive" remember. i.
worth always a pound Of cure. ."-Paika
Ledger.