action. By
leaving off sugar and replacing it by saccharine our correspondent
gains nothing. He is simply leaping from the frying pan into the fire.
It is best for him to cultivate a taste for unsweetened or even acid
drinks.

3. A dilated heart is usually an after effect of a dilated stomach,
which strains it, just as it does every other organ, whether in the
chest or the abdomen.

4. Bathing the chest with cold water is not desirable. What is needed
is that the correspondent should drink as little fluid as possible and
pay close attention to the condition of his digestive mechanism. If
the organs are dilated or misplaced he should wear a belt and take
suitable gentle Osteopathic exercises.

TREATMENT FOR STAMMERING.

A.M.D. writes:--Could you kindly give in _The Healthy Life_
magazine some suggestions as to the best method to follow in a
case of stammering (slight) in a boy of ten or eleven years who
has been rather left to himself, the hesitancy in speech being
regarded as incurable?

This boy should be trained by someone who understands how to cure
stammering. The correspondent would do well to consult Miss Behncke of
18 Earl's Court Square, S.W., who makes a speciality of treating such
cases.

WHY THE RED CORPUSCLES ARE DEFICIENT IN ANAEMIA.

A.M.D. writes:--Is there any way, independent of diet, of
increasing the red corpuscles in the blood? I have tried walking
nine miles a day, thus getting up free perspirations. What of
this method? I did imagine that this resulted in a better
condition of the skin, the latter losing in a measure the white
and parched appearance.

A deficiency of red corpuscles in the blood, which shows in anaemia, is
usually caused by self-poisoning. When food ferments or putrifies in
the colon, owing to faulty diet and other causes, certain toxins are
created. These become absorbed into the blood and there destroy the
red corpuscles. Walking is a good form of exercise, but it will not
suffice alone to remedy this type of anaemia unless the diet and
general habits of the patient are so arranged that the unsanitary
condition of the colon is also remedied. The correspondent will find,
if she studies the replies to others in this magazine, many details as
to diet, etc., for rectifying bad conditions in the bowels.

THE CORRECT BLENDING OF FOODS.

T.B.W. writes:--Is it inadvisable for a dyspeptic (and sufferer
from constipat