Anæmia

Condition in which the blood is impoverished, lacking principally in the number of its red blood-corpuscles: characterized by great palene and lo of strength. It may follow insufficient nourishment, any acute disease, syphilis, rheumatism, gout, disease of the spleen, presence of an animal parasite (the Ankylostemee duodenale or Dochmius duodenale) in the duodenum, or may occur without any apparent reason and lead to a fatal termination. The parasitic form is known as brickmakers', miners', or tunnel anæmia, and the last variety as malignant anæmia. In the ordinary forms a generous diet, iron, and cod-liver oil will usually improve the condition, the proper special treatment for the disease being followed. Miners' anæmia is cured by vermicides, while malignant anæmia usually resists all treatment. An insufficient blood-supply to an organ or ti ue is also termed anæmia.