e and have been a vegetarian for six
years.

My diet is:--8 A.M., cup of Sanum Tonic Tea; 9 A.M., Cup of dried
milk; 10 A.M., half of an apple and a little crust of wholemeal
bread; 1 P.M. conservatively cooked vegetable, using "Emprote"
for sauce; 4 P.M., cup of dried milk; 6 P.M., a little green
salad with St Ivel lactic cheese (size of one large walnut); 9
P.M., cup of dried milk. Do you think dried milk is harmful to
me? I should miss it very much were I to leave it off. I must
mention how great a help _The Healthy Life_ magazine is to me in
many ways.

Neuritis is a painful and wearying form of nerve trouble which mostly
affects the arms and legs. It can, however, originate in any other
part of the body through the spinal nerve centres. It may sometimes be
due to injury, but the usual cause is some form of thickening or
misplacement of the spinal structures, which induces pressure upon the
nerves as they emerge through the apertures between the spinal bones.
A careful examination of the back will show the site, and often the
nature, of the thickening or encumbrance which is present.

In our correspondent's case the thickening process doubtless occurred
as an after effect of the attack of rheumatic fever.

The best remedy is suitable osteopathic treatment for the spine,
supplemented by _either very_ hot or _quite_ cold spinal sitz baths,
by acetic acid skin treatment, or by any other means which will have
the effect of disencumbering the spine. By means of our treatment we
free the painful nerves from harmful pressure and promote an increased
blood circulation in the parts affected. In this way the cause of the
disorder is removed.

A diet along the following lines would be better than the present
one:--

8 A.M.--Tumblerful of hot distilled water.

9.30.--One raw egg beaten up with cream and vegetable juice or clear
vegetable soup made without salt. Wholemeal bread with plenty of
butter and some celery or watercress.

1.30 P.M.--Two conservatively cooked vegetables done without salt,
with grated cheese as sauce and a Granose biscuit with butter.

4.--Tumblerful of hot distilled water only.

6.30.--2 oz. of cottage cheese or cream cheese, salad and Granose
biscuits, or "P.R." crackers, with butter.

9.30.--A raw egg beaten up with cream and vegetable juice or soup.

I think dried milk preparations are inadvisable in such cases as these
(especially when taken as