as a stimulant was demonstrated on a large scale in the Ashantee
war."--DR. RIDGE, London.

For those who must have a drug: aqua ammonia, 8 drops to 1/2 cup of hot
water, or 20 grains carbonate ammonia to 1/2 cup water. Hot water alone
is a useful stimulant; also water, hot or cold, with a few grains of
Cayenne pepper added. The latter is good, not only to start the heart's
action in collapse, but also to relieve violent pain. Hot milk is a most
valuable stimulant. Many persons to whom hot milk has been given during
the extreme weakness of acute disease have testified afterward to its
good effects in comparison with the wine formerly administered. The wine
caused an after-feeling of chilliness and weakness, while the milk gave
warmth and added strength.

INSOMNIA OR SLEEPLESSNESS:--"A person who suffers from
sleeplessness should avoid the use of tea and coffee, tobacco,
alcoholic liquors and all other disturbers of the nervous
system. Eating immediately before retiring has been recommended,
but the ultimate result may be an aggravation of the difficulty
instead of relief. If a person suffers from 'all gone feelings'
so that he cannot sleep, he should take a few sips of cold water
or a glass of lemonade. As complete relief will generally be
obtained as from eating, and the stomach will be saved work when
it should be resting. A warm bath just before retiring, a
wet-hand rub, a cool sponge bath, gentle rubbing of the body
with the dry hand, a moist bandage worn about the abdomen during
the night, are all useful measures. When the feet are cold, they
should be thoroughly warmed by a hot foot or leg bath, and
thorough rubbing. When the head is congested, these measures
should be supplemented by the application of cold to the head,
as the cold compress or the ice-cap."

A walk in the evening, or gentle calisthenics, may help those of
sedentary habits. Bicycle riding and horse-back riding in the evening
have helped many.

The practice of long deep breathing will often put persons to sleep when
all other devices fail. The lungs should be filled to their utmost
capacity, and then emptied with equal slowness, repeating the
respiration about ten times a minute, instead of eighteen or twenty, the
natural rate. Those who fall asleep upon first going to bed, and after a
few hours awake, and are unable to sleep again, may find relief by
getting out of bed,