Acts upon the blood, the lymphatic system, the mucous lining of the digestive tract, and upon the liver and spleen. It causes a deterioration of the blood, which, with a high degree of irritation, results in inflammations, partaking of a scorbutic nature, and from which arise various ulcers and eruptions on the skin, as well as destructive inflammations of mucous and glandular tissues, and conditions generally pointing to a distinct dyscrasia of a scorbutic character. Aside from this dyscrasia the most essential feature of Salt is its power to produce a condition of system or a cachexia simulating that which results from long-lasting or badly treated cases of ague, and it is in this sphere of therapeutics that Salt has achieved its greatest victories. Characteristic symptoms.