epsy. _Always well loosen the patient's stays_; and, when she is
recovering, and able to swallow, give 20 drops of sal volatile in a
little water. The _after-treatment_ of these cases is very various. If
the patient is of a strong constitution, she should live on plain diet,
take plenty of exercise, and take occasional doses of castor oil, or an
aperient mixture, such as that described as "No. 1," in previous
numbers. If, as is mostly the case, the patient is weak and delicate,
she will require a different mode of treatment altogether. Good
nourishing diet, gentle exercise, cold baths, occasionally a dose of No.
3 myrrh and aloes pills at night, and a dose of compound iron pills
twice a day. [As to the myrrh and aloes pills (No. 3), 10 grains made
into two pills are a dose for a full-grown person. Of the compound iron
pills (No. 4), the dose for a full grown person is also 10 grains, made
into two pills.] In every case, amusing the mind, and avoiding all
causes of over-excitement, are of great service in bringing about a
permanent cure.

2644. LIVER COMPLAINT AND SPASMS.--A very obliging correspondent
recommends the following, from personal experience:--Take 4 oz. of dried
dandelion root, 1 oz. of the best ginger, 1/4 oz. of Columba root;
braise and boil all together in 3 pints of water till it is reduced to a
quart: strain, and take a wine-glassful every four hours. Our
correspondent says it is a "safe and simple medicine for both liver
complaint and spasms."

2645. LUMBAGO.--A "new and successful mode" of treating lumbago,
advocated by Dr. Day, is a form of counter-irritation, said to have been
introduced into this country by the late Sir Anthony Carlisle, and which
consists in the instantaneous application of a flat iron button, gently
heated in a spirit-lamp, to the skin. Dr. Corrigan published, about
three years ago, an account of some cases very successfully treated by
nearly similar means. Dr. Corrigan's plan was, however, to touch the
surface of the part affected, at intervals of half an inch, as lightly
and rapidly as possible. Dr. Day has found greater advantages to result
from drawing the flat surface of the heated button lightly over the
affected part, so as to act on a greater extent of surface. The doctor
speaks so enthusiastically of the benefit to be derived from this
practice, that it is evidently highly deserving attention.

2646. PALPITATION OF THE HEART.--Where palpitation occurs as symptomatic
of