n as a remedy for constipation is just now
all the rage with the orthodox medical profession. There is nothing
really to be said against its right use, provided it is made to serve
as one of the means to an end. It has been proved that this paraffin,
which is quite tasteless, odourless and easy to swallow, is not
absorbed by the system but passes unchanged and unaltered through it.
It acts therefore as a mere mechanical lubricant. The one thing to
remember is that its use should be combined with a curative diet, so
that it need not be taken indefinitely.

(1) DRY THROAT; (2) SACCHARINE; (3) DILATED HEART.

Mr L.S. writes:--I have read _The Healthy Life_ from the
appearance of the first number, and I have studied the Answers to
Correspondents, but have not observed a case identical with my
own, hence my reason for troubling you.

(1) The back part of mouth next throat has a curious glazed
appearance--no cough or expectoration. I am inclined to think it
extends to and includes the stomach. I have always a good
appetite, but am not well nourished; much under weight. Age 44
years; school officer; cycle 25 miles a week.

Eat meat sparingly, not a pound a week. Live principally upon
eggs and bread and butter--(three eggs a day): "Digestive Tea"
two and three times a day.

2. Is saccharine less harmful than sugar for sweetening?

3. As the result of a nervous breakdown I had five years ago I
suffer from a dilated heart, consequently--I suppose--I have
palpitation occasionally, oftener when in bed. I don't think my
heart is really normal since my breakdown five years ago.

4. Would bathing myself with cold water over the region of the
heart strengthen the muscles? Would you please suggest anything
for strengthening heart. Are lemons or eggs injurious to the
heart?

1. The throat symptoms indicate a dry, irritable, heated condition of
the mouth and throat which, as the correspondent surmises, equally
affects the stomach and the rest of the digestive organs. He should
have a breakfast of fresh fruit only, take salads and grated raw roots
with his meals and stop tea altogether. He can drink distilled water
and vegetable or lemon drinks (unsweetened) instead.

2. Saccharine is a mineral substance, a fossilised product of
putrefactive action in the coal age. It is closely analogous to
carbolic acid, which equally originates from microbic