Remedy for a Sudden Neuralgia.

In cases of violent attacks of nerve-pain in neck, teeth, face, ers, and head, we recommend the following mixture; Wine of ' pium, 30 drops; sulphuric ether, 1 scruple; fluid extracts of elladonna and yellow jessamine (i, e., gelseminum,) of each 1 drachm; put into 1 ounce of lavender water. Saturate a linen cloth with this mixture, and apply it for an hour or more over the region of the pain.

Spasms, Periodical.

In such cases there is much irritation in the medulla oblongata-meaning that portion of the spinal cord which is situated within the bones of the skull-and the tendency is to the rapid development of tubercles. The patient is subject to spasmodic fits about every ten days, preceded by a craving appetite, hot head, cold extremities, and sallow complexion. The patient may be fleshy, and well developed in physical proportions, and yet in general health be very unsound.

REMEDY.-Watch the approach of the premonitory symptoms. Face them resolutely, and work to bring about a balance of temperature. Wrap the feet and legs in many folds of flannel. If they do not freely perspire, but are only hot on the surface, then chafe them with a little flower of mustard before enveloping with flannel. Stop all food of every kind, except a little porridge, full twenty-four hours before the spasms usually appear. During the crisis, let the patient rest on a small pillow filled with hops and a little camphor.

A Passive Use of the Pneumogastric Remedy.

MR. DAVIS: Allow me to give a testimony concerning that which has proved of much benefit to myself, and might be of use to others. I tried your first general directions for the applications of the Will-power (given in your HERALD OF PROGRESS, of June, 1800,) but without receiving any benefit. Being susceptible to influences of spirit-mind, I got the impression that I should assume the passive instead of the positive condition, and become as negative as possible, observing the same rules of

time, &c., as you directed. I soon felt the recuperative powers of my system becoming active. Six months have passed, and I have been gradually, but steadily, gaining all that time.

I reason of the change in this wise: Mine being an active positive temperament, the Will-power had exhausted or overtaxed those faculties or organs of my system which were necessary to convey the life principle to the diseased parts; consequently, passivity, rest, and the influx of spirit-power which I invoked at the time, and very perceptibly felt, was best adapted to my condition. Thine, for truth and investigation,

There is a Purpose in Pain.

MARY M. BISHOP.

We have, from the first, described "pain" as the language of discord in the soul-principle; it is the voice of divine life in man, crying for health and happiness. It seems that Owen Meredith does not teach differently. He says:

"There is purpose in pain;

Otherwise it were devilish. I trust in my soul

That the Great Master Hand which sweeps over the whole

Of this deep harp of life, if at moments it stretch

To shrill tension some one wailing nerve, means to fetch
Its response the truest, most stringent, and smart,

Its pathos the purest, from out the wrung heart,

Whose faculties, flaccid it may be, if less

Sharply strung, sharply smitten, had fail'd to express

Just the one note the great final harmony needs.

And what best proves there's life in a heart?-that it bleeds!

Grant a cause to remove, grant an end to attain,

Grant both to be just, and what mercy in pain!

Cease the sin with the sorrow! See morning begin!

Pain must burn itself out if not fuel'd by sin.

There is hope in yon hill-tops, and love in yon light,
Let hate and despondency die with the night!"

Remedy for Pain in the Face and Neck.

In reply to the questions of many correspondents, we republish the following: Extract of cicuta and stramonium, each five grains; laudanum, half an ounce; brandy, two ounces;

Put these ingredients together, and add one ounce of alcohol; then warm and shake the composition until its constituents are in a complete state of amalgamation. (Get the medicine and keep it in the house.)

DIRECTIONS.-Bathe under and behind the ear, under the jaw, on the cheek over the aching teeth, and put a piece of cotton, saturated thoroughly with the liquid, into the ear; change this frequently, continue to bathe as directed, and relief will almost immediately follow.

Pain in the Neck of Housekeepers.

There is a wonderful network of glands, batteries, and lifeconductors, or nerves, in the back parts and at the sides of your neck, which are disturbed by clogging matters whenever you have over-exercised about the house. The true remedy consists in bathing your neck and back-head thoroughly every morning, in pure cold water; to be followed by self-manipulations and gymnastic exercises. Squeeze your throat whenever it is threatened with soreness, and gargle with red-pepper. Chew a few chamomile flowers before breakfast.

Remedy for Pain in the Joints.

The causes of such pains and lameness are entirely "too numerous to mention." We will tell you how to remove every pain and ache, which originates from rheumatic and negative conditions in the joints, or from a sudden sprain and local tension of the tendons near a socket. Make a powerful decoction of burnt coffee, say half a pint; to which add four ounces of chloroform, and one ounce of cajaput oil. This magnetic wash should be kept tightly bottled, and used very sparingly; a few drops at a time on the parts affected, to be followed immediately with manipulations for ten or fifteen minutes.

Sciatica Neuralgia.

This is a disease of the sacro-sciatic nerve.

The pain, lame

ness, and special symptoms, may exist independently of other nervous derangements. We have examined numerous cases of this kind, but never have found what some physicians term an inflam mation of the nerve; although, in many instances, the neurilemma (or nerve-sheet,) has been considerably enlarged by an excess of fibril heat. The nerve-pain is principally owing to a sort of strangulation of the nerve itself. The life-principles of health and vigor cannot freely circulate through their appropriate conductors. Sciatic pain, or rheumatic neuralgia, is a common effect from such conditions. There is no quicker or shorter road to take to reach healthy conditions, than that of handfriction and magnetization. The parts need to be rubbed vigorously, and then manipulated, every day. When the pain is severe, apply a poultice of burnt salt and baking soda-one teaspoonful of the latter to four table-spoonfuls of salt-mixed in a sufficient quantity of common meal.

Pain Between the Shoulders.

Your excruciating shoulder-pain is caused by a derangement of the hepatic functions. The pneumogastric nerves report your liver disturbances in the shape of pain, and a fatiguing ache on the right shoulder, near the neck. The nerves of the head sympathize and throb with the confusion of sensations in the system.

Straighten the

REMEDY.-Adopt the Will-cure at once. body, and breathe deeply several times in the fresh air before breakfast, which should consist only of one boiled egg and a piece of stale bread. Not more than one cup of any warm drink. Practice throwing your arms backward, and, meantime, give your shoulders a variety of sidewise and churning motions.