Symptoms:
Onset comes 1-4 weeks after the germs enter the body. First a tired feeling and general weakness, then possibly a headache and nosebleed. The fever rises higher each day, until by the end of the first week it be 104o F. The evening temperature is distinctly higher than in the morning. Appetite is poor, the tongue is coated, and the teeth and lips have a brownish coat. There is either diarrhea or constipation, and stools are offensive. The abdomen is distended.

Cause:
Typhoid fever is an acute infectious disease caused by the typhoid bacillus.

Germs are taken into the body through food or drink that has been directly or indirectly contaminated by bowel or kidney discharges from a typhoid fever patient.

If the body was kept clean and only pure food and water was consumed, there would by no typhoid.

Treatment:
• Call a physician.

• Put him to bed and give him air and moderate warmth, and lots of water to drink.

• Place him on a diet of fruit juices and vegetable broths. All patients with typhoid fever must have raw garlic to eat.

• Give at least one hot bath every day. Have him remain in the tub as long as possible (30 minutes or longer). Put cold cloths on the head and throat if weak or faint. Finish with a cold towel rub or spray.

• Give a daily high enema.

• Red clover tea and goldenseal tea are both good. Add 1 tsp. red clover blossoms to a cup of boiling water. Steep, and drink 5-12 cups a day.