e and carefully arranged. If the skin is
broken, _zinc_ or _resin ointment_ may be applied.

Some recommend finely powdered iodoform sprinkled over the surface of
the sore.

BOILS AND CARBUNCLE:--"In many cases these troubles result from
an overloaded condition of the system, which is the result of
taking too much food, or some error in diet. The boils are an
effort of nature to be rid of offending matter. In some cases
they are due to the use of impure water, or the presence of
sewer gas in the house. In others, overwork, or other
debilitating causes, may have produced the state of the
digestive organs which usually causes the boils. Carbuncle is,
essentially, an extensive boil.

"Apply iodine early or a piece of belladonna plaster. The diet
should be plain and unstimulating, condiments being avoided and
plenty of fresh vegetables taken, if possible. Fresh-air,
exercise and proper rest should be obtained, and late hours
avoided.

"Medical advice is requisite in carbuncle. The popular notion
that port wine is absolutely necessary is both erroneous and
mischievous."--RIDGE.

CATARRH:--Among the causes are repeated colds; errors in diet,
especially excess in the use of fats and sugar, and an inactive state of
the liver.

Cut off from your bill of fare all salted foods, avoid fats and
condiments; drink freely of pure water; live in the open-air and
sunshine as much as possible, taking much out-door exercise. Take a
cold sponge or towel bath every morning, beginning at the face and
finishing by plunging the feet into a foot-tub. Follow with vigorous
rubbing with a crash or Turkish towel. Those subject to sore throat
should hold the head over a basin of cold water and lave the neck with
the water for about two minutes. The writer was formerly subject to
frequent sore throats, but has had none for over two years, as she
believes, because of the adoption of this measure, together with the
towel bath every morning, summer and winter.

Care should be taken to avoid exposure to draughts, or any other means
which will produce liability to cold. Care in diet, good ventilation and
the morning cold bath are essential if a radical cure is desired. Local
measures, while giving relief, will not remove the predisposing causes.
Dr. Kellogg recommends saline solutions in the form of the nasal douche,
a teaspoonful of salt to a pint of soft water, adding twenty to thi