m. Beer and wine,
because they contain lime and salts, are said to cause
rheumatism, or at least to aid in its development. These salts
are absorbed into the system, unite with the uric acid, and form
an insoluble urate of lime, which is deposited around the
joints, thus causing them to become enlarged and stiff. * * * * *

"The success of the Turkish bath treatment has been phenomenal.
Of over 3,000 cases treated here at least 95 per cent. have been
entirely relieved, or greatly helped. Some who were treated over
twenty years ago have stated that they have not had a twinge of
rheumatism since. Very few have persevered in the use of the
bath without experiencing permanent relief."--DR. CHARLES H.
SHEPARD, Brooklyn.

"Those having a bath cabinet can have a good substitute at home
for the Turkish bath. Remember that if tobacco and alcohol are
indulged in, there can be no permanent relief."

_The New Hygiene_ says:--

"Under no circumstances take any of the thousand and one
nostrums advertised as sure cures for this disease. Pure
unadulterated blood is the only remedy. This can only be
produced by cleansing the system of impurities, and giving it
the right kind of material out of which to make it. Keep out the
poisonous physic, clean out the colon, strengthen the lungs, and
feed the system with proper food, and this disease will vanish
like a fog before the rising sun."

The same book in advocating the use of the Turkish bath for rheumatism,
says:--

"The fact, which is well attested, that when a person enters the
bath the urine may be strongly acid, but, on leaving the bath,
after half an hour, it is markedly alkaline, shows that the bath
has a strong effect upon the system."

Dr. Ridge says of _rheumatic fever_:--

"I would urge most strongly the desirability of avoiding every
form of alcoholic liquor, from the very commencement of the
disease, as affording the best chance for a speedy and safe
recovery. The highest authorities are agreed on this point, but
there is a lingering practice which makes reference necessary in
order to confirm the wavering."

In Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, the hot blanket pack is used in acute
rheumatism, almost to the exclusion of other methods. The pack should be
continued two to four hours at least, and may be repeated two or three
times within t