of keeping the patient smothered beneath
heavy blankets, and constantly in a state of perspiration is
wholly unnecessary. The irritation of the skin, as well as the
sensitiveness to cold, may be relieved by rubbing the skin
gently two or three times a day with vaseline or sweet oil.
There is no danger from the application of cold water to the
surface except in the last stages of the disease, after the
eruption has disappeared.

"The patient should be allowed cooling drinks as much as
desired. During the disease a simple but nutritious diet should
be allowed, but _stimulants of all kinds should be prohibited_."

"It is wholly unnecessary, and dangerous as well, to give whisky
to bring out the eruption."--DR. I. N. QUIMBY, Jersey City.

"Any hot drink, such as ginger tea or hot lemonade, may be used
to hasten the eruption, if delayed."

MALARIA:--Observers of this disease in such regions as the gold coast of
Africa have noted the fact that malarial attacks are generally preceded
by impaired digestion. The disease is said to be due to animal
parasites. These parasites are supposed to generate in the soil of
certain regions, and thence, through the drinking water, or otherwise,
find entrance to the human body.

"A healthy stomach is able to destroy germs of all sorts, hence
the best protection from malaria is the boiling of all drinking
water, and the maintenance of sound digestion and purity of
blood by an aseptic dietary."

Dr. J. H. Kellogg says in _The Voice_:--

"It must be understood, however, that fruit in malarial regions,
especially watermelons, may be thickly covered with malarial
parasites and the parasites may sometimes find entrance to the
fruit when it becomes over-ripe, so that the skin is broken. It
is evident, then, that care must be taken to disinfect such
fruit by thorough washing, or by dipping in hot water, which is
the safer plan. The same remark applies to cucumbers, lettuce,
celery, cabbage and other green vegetables which are commonly
served without cooking. Not only malarial parasites but small
insects of various kinds are often found clinging to such food
substances, their development being encouraged by the free use
of top dressing on the soil, a process common with market
gardeners.

"The treatment of malarial disease is too large and intricate a
subject