increased
physically, if she has not become wider across the hips, if her
breasts have not become enlarged, and if she experience none of the
changes incident to this period, an effort to force nature is
positively injurious. In this case a general treatment will be called
for. She should be required to exercise freely in the open air, retire
early to bed and rise at an early hour in the morning. She should not
be allowed to be closely confined to school, if attending. Her diet
should be generous but free from all rich food, which will disorder
the stomach. If, however, she is fully developed, and she suffers from
time to time from congestions of the head, breast or abdomen, it will
be necessary to interfere. The following are symptoms which will
generally be found in these cases: Headache, weight, fullness, and
throbbing in the center of the cranium and in the back part of the
head; pains in the back and loins; cold feet and hands, becoming
sometimes very hot; skin harsh and dry; slow pulse, and not
infrequently attended with epilepsy.

TREATMENT.

It is well for the patient, a few days before the period, to take a
warm hip bath or foot bath twice a day, and at night, when retiring,
to apply cloths wet in warm water to the lower part of the abdomen.

The bowels should be kept open by some mild catharsis, as castor oil
or a pill of aloes. If there is pain and fullness of the head during
the discharge, or before it, use the following:

Tincture of aconite leaves, Two drams;
Tincture of belladonna, One dram;
Tincture of cantharides, One dram;
Morphia, Three grains;
Simple syrup, Quarter ounce.

Mix. Dose: One teaspoonful three times a day. If the pain is severe it
may be taken every two hours.

Between the monthly periods, if the system is weak, the following may
be taken:

Precip. carbonate of iron, Five drams;
Extract of conium, Two drams;
Balsam Peru, One dram;
Alcohol, Four ounces;
Oil wintergreen, Twenty drops;
Simple syrup, Eight ounces.

Dose: Two teaspoonfuls three times a day. Shake the mixture before
using.

CHLOROSIS, OR GREEN SICKNESS.

This disease generally occurs in young unmarried females who are weak
and d