The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-06-19
Intermittent Fever, Fever and Ague, Chills
and Fever Dumb Ague, Remit,ent
Fever, Creeping Rigors,
Mental Depression, Backache, Periodical
Headaches, Faceaches and Neural
gia, Periodical Pains
In the Bones-Also the Treatment That
Cures Every Case.


ally into English, meang bad air. In
localities where, in the early settle
ment of the country, pernicious fever
sinking or congestlve chills, used to
be prevalent, the draining of the land
and other sanitary measures has grad
ually lessened the severity of them
leaving remnant of them, to which
the term malaria has come to be gel-
orally applied. Therefore, the popular
notion is that malaria is milder form
of the regular intermittent congestive
fever, and is a dwarf descendant OF
the giant "Ague," but the victims
finds the dwarf as hard to escape from
as was its more vigorous ancestor. 1t
is the most insidious, exasperating and
disheartening disease in the whole
range of human ailments.
NATURE.
That malaria is some sort of an
emanation from decaying vegetated
matter is agreed by all. But whether
it is a poisonous gas that is SO
emanated, or microscopic plant OF
its spores, or whether it is not due to
animalcules, are questions that are by
no means settled, so l will leave them
without discussion.
DEFINITION.
The diseases set up in the system
by the poison called malaria are class.
ed under two heads-regular and ir-
regular. The regular forms are known
as intermittent (also called chills and
fever, fever and ague), and remittent
Cor bilious fever).
The regular intermittent fever (alsc
called fever and ague), which produces
a distinct chill, followed by high
fever, and an interval OF one, Two OF
three days, of entire relief, is vel
known in malarial localities, especially
by the earlier settlers. When the
chill and fever occur every day it is
called quotldian ague; every other
day, tertian ague; and every third
day, qaartan ague. The longer tn:
interval between the chills the more
difficult of cure it is; hence the quar-
tan ague is the most obstinate. La
intermittent fever there is distinct
chill, followed by distinct fever, dis
tinct sweating stage, and afterward
an interval of complete cessation OIL
all symptoms, leaving one seemingly
perfectly well.
Remittent fever, which is the variety
called malaria, but which is no more
malaria than the Intermittent variety
the symptoms are more obscure, and
often mistaken for other diseases. The
onset of remittent fever Cor malaria
is usually gradual, but it may be sud.
den. An useasy, oppressive sickness
at the stomach, with entire want oil
appetite, or even loathing of food, are
among the earliest symptoms. Head
ache, general pains, and a feeling Of
languor are accompanied or followed
by chilliness and rigors. No distinct
cold stage is common, but the tenn
perature rises Immediately, and the
hot stage frequently becomes very in
tense, the skin burning and dry, the
face flushed, the eyes injected
with severe headache, giddiness
restlessness, sleeplessness, and
often delirium, which is some
times violent. When vomiting
occurs it is at first the food, then a
watery fluid, and afterward bilious
matter, which may become brown, OF
even black; hence it is often called
bilious fever. The tongue is dry and
furred, the lips parched, and there is
intense thirst; the pulse is quick
and compressible.
These symptoms generally abate in
from six to twelve hours, when more
or less perspiration follows, and the
patient feels better for time. After
a very uncertain respite the symptoms
all return in about the same order,
but usually with greater severity.
Then follows another respite (remis
sion), which will be followed by another
attack (exacerbation). The time of
day and number of each day of these
attacks vary in different cases. When
the disease becomes established the
patient almost invariably feels better
in the morning. In very severe cases
two exacerbations and remissions
occur every twenty-four hours. As
the case progresses great weakness is
prominent, resembling typhoid fever.
Yellowness of the skin, and even de-
cided jaundice, may be present. Urine
scarce and high colored, when it is
often called typho-malarial fever.
The irregular varieties are, first,
dumb ague, by which is meart the
absence of chill, the attack begin
ming with headache and fever, followed
by sweating stage and perfect inter
mission. There may be neither fever
or sweating stage, but only chill,
followed by general depression Of the
system.
Breakbone fever is also an irregular