submits in the discharge of his duties, day and night, is taken into consideration, I think no reasonable man or woman can refuse us the use of the protection which Providence has given us. The parson in the Yorkshire moors, the eastern county fens-loved home of piercing east winds-the wilds of Gloucestershire, or the chalky hills of the Southdowns, as he wends his way through lanes bounded by hedges no thicker than tooth brushes, or over country with no hedges at all, is victimizing himself, not to do his duty, but to the absurdities of fashion, and brings on himself all sorts of thoracic and pectoral woes every time he shaves. Possibly the Bishop of Rochester thinks a woolen comforter a sufficient substitute for Nature's own covering: but the fact is, that more colds are caught with a comforter than without. It chafes, and so produces an artificial heat, and often a great perspiration, and then a draught or chill comes, or the comforter gets loose, and a cold follows; while, if the mouth is covered, the breath is driven inwards and damps the neckcloth, and so we get a sore throat. I heard from a laboring man, a week ago, a striking argument in favor of beards. He used to spit blood, and was in a bad state of pulmonary disease. Last spring he ceased to shave; since then he has not only not spat blood, but also gained over thirty pounds of flesh in weight. How many consumptive clergymen might now be strong and useful, if they had had equal wisdom!"

Tuberculation and Adhesion of the Liver.

We have knowledge of a gentleman who has led a literary life for the past ten years. His reading has been considerable. Many hours of each day, during those years, have been consecrated to study and reflection. Physical inactivity, at times, was unavoidable. From various causes, a few small tubercles early formed on the right and upper edge of the left lobe of the liver. But his general health being good, and his temperament wiry and elastic, the parts partially healed over and ceased to

give pain. The healing process, however, was not perfect. A somewhat raw surface was exposed, and the result is, an adhe sion of a small portion of the liver to its investing membrane, a cellulo-vascular covering, which is intimately connected with the portal veins and hepatic arteries, with the ducts, and nerves. and absorbents, which are inseparable from the organ and the performance of its varied functions.

SYMPTOMS.-A pain in the right side, extending from about the middle of the ribs down to the hip; sometimes the pain is only slight and confined to the lower part of the ribs, or rather to the region under the middle of the floating ribs; at other times it is quite bad, and extends up and down, and even to the left side. At all times, if he breathes freely or inspires deeply, he feels as if his side was kept back from a full expansion by some kind of compression.

REMEDY.--Wear a bandage of thin india-rubber, six inches wide, about the waist and over the parts affected. It should be put on as tight as possible without painfully affecting the breathing, but only at night, being careful invariably to separate the rubber from the skin by the interposition of some light fabric, except, of course, the parts diseased, upon which the bandage should press close enough to exclude the air. After the treatment is persevered in for a number of nights, then practice deep inspirations every day, accompanied with muscular efforts to rub and thrash out the soreness.

No person with tubercu

lated lungs or liver, either with or without adhesions, need fear any injury to arise from judicious pounding and rubbing of the most painful parts, aided by deep inhalations of pure air, in large quantities, through the nose.

Cure for Parasitical Croup.

In these days of diptheritic affections, by which many, both children and adults, are hastened prematurely into the

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 of 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.

Be very quiet, and do Gargle your mouth and

of cold water. Bandage your entire throat, in early stages of the disease, with several folds of flannel. Keep this cravat on both day and night without changing. not fear the progress of your disease. throat every half hour with a strong gargle made of vinegar, honey, red pepper, and salt, mixed in a tumblerful of warm water. Do not go out of a warm room for several successive days. Breathe the vapor of hops occasionally; also sleep on a pillow filled with them. Take no physic or emetics. Keep the bowels open by warm water enemas. (This course, accompanied with some gentle magnetic passes to quiet the nervous excitement, will check almost every form of throat disease.)

Putrid and diptheritic inflammations of the throat, although resembling croup in many symptoms, should not be treated like the latter, but invariably as you would attempt to prevent an attack of yellow fever, viz.: By bathing the extremities in hot mustard water, rubbing them until the skin becomes very tender, and then enveloping them in many folds of flannel. The American Medical Times calls attention to the efficacy of creosote as a local application for diptheria. Ten drops of creosote to a gill of warm water is applied as a gargle; one or two applications effect a cure. Try it. Just balance the system in regard to temperature, give it plenty of rest for several successive days, and you will escape almost every form of putrid inflammations and eruptive fevers.

Malignant Sore Throat and Croup.

This semi-throat disease sometimes appears among adults, though children are most commonly subjects of it. It is a strange and painful malady, arising from atmospheric conditions, and should be promptly treated as an electrical affection. Its symptoms are somewhat like croup, combined with malignant scarlet

fever, attended with occasional vomiting and purging, and concluding with the formation of a membrane or transparent film, which, covering the windpipe closely, brings on horrible sensations of choking and suffocation. Violent delirium is a very possible symptom in a certain advanced stage of the affliction.

REMEDY.-Treat the patient vigorously, as in a case of -yellow fever. That is to say, bathe the arms and legs with warm water containing as much mustard or red pepper as the skin will bear without blistering. Or, which is a good substitute, bathe the arms and legs with camphorated alcohol and warm water; and keep the head very cool by constant application of cloths dipped in ice water. Then manipulate downward rapidly, until the surface is quite red and sensitive with the friction and irritation. Stop all food, and give only a tea-spoonful of icewater at a time. Use frequent cold compresses upon the throat. Give from one to three warm water enemas each twenty-four hours. The wet-sheet pack is good when the surface is dry and hot. In extreme cases, where suffocation seems unavoidable, apply fresh beefsteak compresses to the throat. Rather than permit the disease to proceed, bathe the patient's extremities every half hour.

Sore Throat and Bitter Stomach.

For bronchial weakness, if long-continued, we prescribe the constant wearing of lamb-skin in front over the lungs; and at night, after severe symptoms, a bandage of the same about the throat. Keep the skin of your body clean, and get a fresh lamb-skin when necessary. Wash your whole person in soap and water once a week. For a sour and bitter stomach take a tea-spoonful of yeast three times a day; or, about twice a week, drink a bowl of weak tea made of equal quantities of wild cherry bark and spearmint, or take a three-grain pill after supper, made