126. Where there is a will, there is a way 85 127. Prejudice of Physicians against the Water-Cure 86 128. Rebellion! 87 129.-130. Facts 87 131. More Facts! 89 132. Conclusion: Help yourselves, if your physicians will not help you! 90 PART I. DESCRIPTION OF SCARLET-FEVER. 1. SCARLET-FEVER, OR SCARLATINA,[1] is an eruptive fever, produced by a peculiar contagious poison, and distinguished by extreme heat, a rapid pulse, a severe affection of the mucous membranes, especially those of the mouth and throat, and by a burning scarlet eruption on the skin. 2. DIVISION OF THE PROCESS OF THE DISEASE INTO PERIODS. Its course is commonly divided into four distinct periods, viz.: the period of incubation, the period of eruption, the period of efflorescence, and the period of desquamation; to which may be added: the period of convalescence. 3. PERIOD OF INCUBATION, OR HATCHING. The time which passes between the reception of the contagious poison into the system and the appearance of the rash, is called the period of incubation; incubation or incubus meaning, properly, the sitting of birds on their nests, and figuratively, the hatching or concoction of the poison within the body, until prepared for its elimination. There is no certainty about the time necessary for that purpose, as the contagion, after the patient has come in contact with it, may be lurking a longer or a shorter time about his person, or in his clothes and furniture.