Curative Processes
In the consideration of the various diseases listed in this and the final volume it is assumed that the reader is more or less familiar with the contents of the first six volumes, and that he has at least a general idea of the natural curative proc-esses we employ, as described in Volume VI, including those brought about by diet, fasting, hydrotherapy, mechanical measures, exercises and other allied influences.
It is essential that the student give his careful attention to the matter contained in the other volumes in order intelligently to apply the treatment suggested for each particular disease. Special dietetic, fasting and vitality-building routines are referred to by number in connection with various diseases and are fully described in Section 6 of this volume.
MANIFESTATIONS OF DISEASE.—On the following pages appear some of the most prominent symptoms which usually mark the onset or characteristic phase of various forms of disease. To determine just what disease the patient may have, turn to the particular kind of pain or other derange¬ment which is most evident, and then determine what particu¬lar ailment is the most likely cause of that symptom.
The illustrations showing the relative positions of the va¬rious organs of the body and the diagramatic photographs showing the significance of pain in various regions of the physical organisms also will be of assistance in this respect.