to Truth, 326
    For the Understanding of Disease—­the sine qua non, 326
    Back to Nature, 326
    “The Age of Nerves”, 327
    Medical Polemics, 327
    “Existence is Movement”—­Progress, 328
    Man, the Sceptic, 328
    The X-Rays and the Sequel, 329
    The Atom and the Electron, 330
    “Man’s Passing Strange, Complex Mortality”, 332
    The Vibrations of Electrons, 332
    Electro-Magnetic Control, Mundane and Solar Forces, 333
    The Ocean a Storage Battery, 333
    The Action of Acids and Alkalies, 334
    Electro-Magnetic Processes and Metabolism, 335
    Weather and Local Influences, 336
    Negative and Positive Vibrations, 337
    Healthy Blood Formation, 338
    Dech-Manna Diet, 338
    Electrons and the Effect of Injury, 339
    Bacteria, 340
    Febrile, or Positive Diseases, 340
    Curative Process, 341
    The Law of Opposites, 341
    Action of Water, 341
    Action of Earth on Mud, 341
    Vinegar Packs, 342
    Cooling Drinks, 342
    Temperature Reduction, 343
    Negative Diseases, 344
      Curative Process, 344
      Sun Baths, Light Baths, 344
      Exercise, 345
      Massage, 345
      Coloured Light Treatment, 346
      Internal Treatment, 346
      The Salts of the Body, 346
      Nourishment, 347
    The Science of Food, 347
      Diet, 348
      Food Standard, 348
      Heat Production, 348
      Discretion in Diet, 348
    Diet of Children in General, 349
    Diet for School Children, 351

  Fever and its Treatment Based on Biology, 354
    A. General Description, 354
    B. Treatment, 357
    C. Diet in Cases of Fever, 362

  Scarlet Fever, 367

  Measles, 371

  German Measles, 372

  Chicken-pox, 373

  Small-pox, 374

  Typhoid fever or typhus abdominalis, 375
    A. General Description, 375
    B. Essentials, 376
    C. Symptoms and Course, 377
      Stage of Development, 378
      The Climax, 378
      Stage of Healing, 378
    Respiratory Organs, 381
    Organs of Circulation, 381
    Nervous System, 381
    Bones and Joints, 382
    Urinary and Sexual Organs, 382
    Skin, 382
    Recurrence, 383
    D. Treatment, 384
      Mental condition, 385
    E. Relapsing fever (Typhus Recurrens), 386
    F. Diet in Cases of Typhus, 387
      Dech-Manna compositions, 392
      Physical Treatment, 392

  Negative Children’s Disease (so called), 393
    Catarrh, 393
    Bronchitis, 393
    Grippe, 393
    Influenza, 393
    Catarrhal Inflammations, 393
    Cholera Infantum or Summer Complaint, 393
      Therapy, 393
      Physical Treatment, 394

  The Contagious Character of Children’s Diseases, 394
    The Golden Rule, 395
    Diet, 395
    Dech-Manna Compositions, 395
    Physical Treatment, 396