transmundane sphere, the scientific treatment of croup may not be inappropriately considered. We know, by clairvoyant inspections, that the membrane of the throat will, when inflamed or thickened by cold, produce quite a crop of moss-like sores, fungi, which may be destroyed by the prompt administration of diluted nitric acid, and gargles of red pepper tea, sweetened with honey. "The Dublin Hospital Gazette states that Doctor Jodin, in a communication to the Academy of Sciences, on the nature of croup and on the treatment of the same, says that his researches have led him to the following conclusions: First. That croup and pseudo-membranous angina are merely parasitical diseases, due to the formation of fungi. Second. That the treatment of these affections requires neither general medication nor incendiary cauterizations, and that they may be cured by simple parasiticidal applications. After enumerating the various therapeutical means resorted to in this and analogous diseases, Mr. Jodin declares that he much prefers to those uncertain, alarming, or dangerous remedies, the sesquichloride of iron, which completely impregnates the fungus, exercises its action on the surface only, and may be absorbed without danger. This medicine destroys the parasitic growth, and also modifies favorably the hemorrhagic condition constantly observable in the affected parts and their neighborhood; it further induces expectoration, and thus promotes the rejection of the false membranes."

Remedy for Loss of Voice.

Aphonia may be caused from an inflammation of the parts around the larynx. But in most cases, the loss c f voice is owing to a deficiency of tone, a weakness of the muscular fabric of the stomach and throat, a kind of atony, as the doctors express it, and the most distinct symptom is nervousness of the entire pneumogastric region.

REMEDY The general system must be strengthened. To do this it will be necessary to eat a moderate breakfast of brown bread, with, perhaps, one boiled egg; or two soft-boiled eggs, and nothing else. For drink, a small quantity of Brewer's ale, mixed with an egg, and sweetened to your taste. No salt meat for dinner. Fish will do, if not salt, and bread and butter. Nothing hearty for supper; no fruit, cakes, or sweetmeats. Bathe your entire chest in cold water every morning, followed with considerable friction, and bandage your throat with a cold compress every night. Always remove it in the morning, and shower the entire throat and shoulders with cold water. occasionally a little sassafras bark.

Bronchocele, Goitre, or Big Neck.

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The enlargement of the thyroid gland of the neck, which slowly assumes a firm fleshy appearance, extending toward the sides of the throat, and sometimes attaining to very large proportions, is caused by a variety of influences affecting the lymphatic glands and cellular tissues in early youth.

REMEDY.-This must consist of timely efforts, before the painless enlargement has assumed a fleshy hardness, otherwise the patient may not expect permanent relief. Let every person remember that the early "ounce of prevention " is a cure, when the "pound of cure is worse than nothing. Our only general prescription is, go out every day to some running stream of fresh water, bare the neck, and bathe it long and thoroughly; then dry the skin by continuous manipulations, and cover the throat with a soft fur cravat.

Cure for Tuberculosis.

Taking as a basis the sum generally considered as that of the population of the globe, it is fair to estimate that from eighty to one hundred millions of its inhabitants succumb, by a prema.

ture death, to some form of this disease. It destroys nearly a sixth of the population of England. We prescribe Breathing as the remedy and preventive.

Objections to Deep Breathing.

A lady correspondent, who, for a time, adopted our Deep breathing Cure, writes as follows: "Let me mention an objection which I find to the application of your prescriptions for deep-breathing: I have been experimenting in that way for a few weeks, and now have not a garment that will meet around my waist, owing to the expansion of my lungs! Perhaps some my Sisters may be deterred by the prospect of such inconvenience, from seeking health by this method. "Faithfully yours,

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ANSWER.-Many of Matilda's fashionable Sisters will undoubtedly be "deterred by the prospect of such inconvenience," and yet, somehow, we are credulous enough to believe that there are thousands of progress-loving mothers who will not only practice deep breathing, but will instruct their daughters to obey the laws of beauty and health in this respect, even if a 66 Reform dress" should become the eventual necessity. We shall see.

Enlargement of Glands in the Throat.

Your sore throat may be caused by a singular enlargement of the cartilage at the top of the swallow. It may be partly caused by nervous anxiety, or care and watchfulness, or by dreams. The true remedy, besides pure cold water, is magnetization by some congenial hand. The throat should be squeezed and softened by tender pressure, as you would mellow a peach. And, above all, you must soon forget that your throat is affected. If the glands are much swollen, use poultices of Life-everlasting every other night. Shower the neck every morning with plenty of cold water. This will stop the enlargement; perhaps will cure it.

Remedy for Difficult Breathing.

There are several modes of treating such a negative condition of the lungs, but it is deemed wisdom, first, to reach and arouse your energies through the stomach and the skin. Perhaps the original cause of your present prostration was imperfect chylification. Your liver has been torpid, your kidneys much disabled, and the ultimate of all disturbances is fixed upon the lungs. It will be necessary for you to use weak chamomile-tea injections three or four times per week, for a month or two. The intestinal action must become natural and

prompt. A tea-spoonful of pulverized prepared charcoal in a wine-glassful of lime-water, is important just before eating every other dinner. Arise! This life is yet best adapted to thy development. Use your Will-power! Swing your arms backward, upward, and walk with your mind in your feet. (This counsel is to every sick person.) After one week of this treatment, prepare a large Burgundy pitch-plaster, sprinkle the surface evenly with opium, and apply it all over the upper portion your chest. When this wears off, you should either renew it or apply the treatment recommended for a "Negative Condition of the Lungs." Eat moderately at noon, with plenty of red pepper (capsicum,) on cooked or broiled meats.

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Prevention of Cold-taking.

We would most gladly aid our Brothers and Sisters in the effort to keep an equilibrium of bodily tempera ture, which is the surest preventive of colds, catarrhs, bronchitis, &c., &c. ; but the Scientific American has produced a paragraph so entirely to the point, that we cannot refrain from substituting it for what we were about to write on the subject: A "cold" is not necessarily the result of a high or low temperature. A person may go directly from a hot bath

into a cold one, or into snow, even, and not take cold. On the contrary, he may take cold by pouring a couple of table-spoonfuls of water upon some part of his clothing, or by standing in a door, or before a stove, or sitting near a window or other opening, where one part of the body is colder than another Let it be kept in mind that uniformity of temperature over the whole body is the first thing to be looked after. It is the unequal heat upon different parts of the body which produces colds, by disturbing the uniform circulation of the blood, which in turn induces congestion in some part. If you must keep a partially wet garment on, it would be as well, perhaps, to wet the whole of it uniformly. The feet are a great source of colds, on account of the variable temperature they are subjected to. Keep these always dry and warm, and avoid draughts of air, hot or cold, wet spots on the garments, and other direct causes of unequal temperature, and keep the system braced up by plenty of sleep, and the eschewing of debilitating food and drinks, and you will be proof against a cold and its results.

Coldness in the Back of the Neck.

A lady complains of a coldness on the back of her neck, which has troubled her for several years. In spite of many folds of flannel, there is always a cold sensation, except in the warmest weather.

CAUSE AND REMEDY.-The origin of a local chronic coldness is an inflammation of the membrane (the periosteum,) that covers the bone and over-taxes the fibers in the affected region. Liniments, and bandages, and plasters, are useless, except as palliatives and temporary protection. The parts are constantly exhausted of the vital magnetism. Electricity accumulates and escapes at the point of coldness, and yet all about that negative