in the cold or cally stage of this disorder. No man's nerves would stir if his spirit was withdrawn from them. It is the dynamic life of the mind-the force, the energy, the power within the nerve-that is disturbed. Hence the spirit, and its Will, are the chief agents of cure. It is this fact, underlying the ten thousand "charms" practiced by superstitious "seventh sons and credulous old ladies, by which many Fever and Ague patients have been instantly healed. But what will cure one in a few days, or hours, perhaps, would exert no remedial power upon persons of different organizations. The success or failure of psychological "charms" among the sick, is wholly referable to temperament-which law is strikingly illustrated in religious revival meetings, where, under the enchanting God-spell (i. e., Gospel,) imparted from the pulpit orator, one person is straightway "converted and saved," while another remains cold, untouched, uninterested, and, therefore, unchanged.

REMEDY.-If a person has been long afflicted with this nervechill, with its accompanying headache, resultant fever, and ultimate prostration, it will be necessary for him to leave the country which brought the disturbance upon him. It is within the power of every person to prevent attacks of this disease, simply by keeping his appetite within bounds, discarding gravies, fat meat, butter, hot drinks, and newly-baked bread, and not working his strength down to a low point in the spring or autumn. But the "pound of cure" is most in demand, and that doctor is considered the "cleverest," and most " wholesome " to send for, whose doses are largest and most energetic in their operation. If an ignorant man pays fifty cents for a dose of medicine, he wants his "money's-worth" in quantity of the article to be swallowed. The "quality" is of little account in his estimation. Many ignorant, but good people,

swallow calomel and quinine, as if it were within the power such minerals and barks to heal their bodily infirmities.

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Before prescribing for your Fever and Ague-or chills and fever or intermittent disturbances-all the same thing under different names-we urge you to remember that your restoration will depend upon the promptness and energy with which you exert your own Will. All medicines are sometimes liable to fail. Nature's laws will never fail. They are the life of God. They cannot be changed, nor staid in their slow, calm, eternal round of operation. They tell us, infallibly, that MIND IS MASTER OF MATTER. So let it be!

When you feel the chill coming on, prepare your mind to resist it, arise to your feet, walk, or enter upon gymnastic exercises, and do everything to bring up the arterial circulation. Your coldness is owing to the blood principally occupying the veins, thus depriving the arteries of their customary magnetism and warmth, and producing a sensation of cold or chilliness all over the body. If you wait for the reaction, then you get an unnatural heat, which is the prostrating fever. Do not wait for such slow reaction.

The following is a sure remedy for breaking up the chill: Get one gill of best brandy, put in it a table-spoonful of fine salt, mix thoroughly, and take a wine-glass full on the first sensation of the ague. The influence of salt on the sympathetic and pneumogastric nerves is very surprising. It is well known that salt will counteract the action of brandy in the human stomach, so that a very drunken man may be perfectly sobered in less than an hour. Salt and water will stop a hemorrhage in the head, nose, or stomach; the same, tea-spoonful at a time, is good for stomach worms. If an aguish patient should try the above remedy, he will be astonished at the relief which it will bring to his shaking nerves. In some cases it may be

necessary either to reduce the quantity, or take several doses, before the exact point of benefit is reached. The true way to cure this disease, is, to meet the chill with both your Will and your remedy, promptly and energetically.

Phthisic, or Asthma.

When a child is badly afflicted with the symptoms, give a tea-spoonful of pure linseed-oil in a table-spoonful of white brandy. In severe cases, add to the oil and brandy twenty to thirty drops of tincture lobelia, or less of ipecac. Also dip a piece of brown paper in a solution of saltpeter, let it dry, and then burn it so you can inhale the vapor.

If the lungs are weak, then, just before eating your first and second meals, take about twenty drops of pure olive oil. Take in your mouth, mix it with your saliva, and swallow slowly. Let all cases of chronic dyspepsia try this simple remedy for a number of weeks.

Pin Worms in Ano.

The quickest cure for "seat worms," so-called, is very strong salted water. First moisten the finger in the white of an egg, then immerse it in the salt water, and thus introduce the remedy up the anus. A few applications will relieve the

most inveterate cases.

Catarrh and Difficult Breathing.

For chronic catarrh and difficult breathing-symptoms, profuse and fetid discharge from the nose, and occasional sore throat-take a tea-spoonful of sweet oil early in the morning and last thing at night. Also rub the breast and throat with the same every night and morning. Persist in this, and you will get well.

We admonish all this class of patients to be exceedingly cautious of sudden changes in bodily temperature. Bathe the feet in cold water before going to bed. Then give them a thorough coating of sweet oil; next, draw on flannel socks, such as you do not wear daytime; and lastly, take a tea-spoon half full of linseed-oil internally. Also a few drops of the same any time during the day, whenever your cough is dry and the pain troublesome

Tenderness at the Pit of the Stomach.

If your female friend has an inflammatory disease of the mucous membrane of the stomach, the "pit" will be tender, or sore to pressure, showing that the pneumogastric nerves are much disturbed. She must avoid "spoon victuals "—such as bread and milk, &c.-in short, everything that distends the stomach with gas. Slowly her health will improve, if she is careful to obey the laws of life; in this we include regular kneading, and also manipulations over the stomach and bowels For painful menstruation, lay a light flax-seed poultice on the abdomen, sprinkled with powdered camphor.

Proclivity to Suicide.

The propensity which some persons experience to commit suicide, whenever the physical system is deranged and depressed in energy, is owing to the great sensitiveness of the brain. You can suffer or enjoy much, but the action of your brain is uneven. Did not your loved mother, before your birth, suffer suicidal emotions to disturb her spirit? You should cultivate your organ of Hope, and absorb vitality from lower faculties of mind.

Poisoned by Mineral Acids.

Aquafortis (Nitric Acid,) Marine Acid (Muriatic,) or Oil of Vitriol (Sulphuric Acid,) if swallowed by mistake, may be anti

doted by the abundant administration of calcined magnesia, or strong soap-suds, or saleratus, to neutralize the acid; then give warm water to induce vomiting; after which give plenty of flax-seed tea, or slippery-elm water, until the irritation has entirely subsided.

Sinking at the Pit of the Stomach.

Such stomach sensations are nervous, but pain in the right side indicates that the liver is diseased. REMEDY.-Take a teaspoonful of powdered willow charcoal in a little cold water just before each dinner. Get some friendly hand to knead your stomach and side, as if to make bread of them, about thirty minutes after dinner.

Remedy for American Leprosy.

The best remedy for the American form of Leprosy, is an ointment of the following: Gum kino, half an ounce; gum camphor, four ounces; cajaput oil, two ounces; mutton tallow, six ounces. Dissolve and mix over a hot fire. Use it when cold. Give yourself a thorough cleansing with soap and hot water. Afterward use this ointment on all parts of your person. must be rubbed by the friction of your hand into your skin. Take a tea-spoonful of olive oil every morning for several weeks.

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Dr. Valentine Mott, of the University Medical College, made lately, in one of his clinical lectures, a striking and novel statement. It was to this effect: That, to his mind, the conviction was irresistible that leprosy was the great progenitor of both syphilis and struma; that they were all three essentially the same disease. His conviction, he stated, was founded upon extensive observations which he had been able to make upon leprosy in its various phases, while traveling in the East. The