d a
photophore (See Fig. 3). Apply this twofold remedial agent--light and
heat combined--to the painful back (underneath the bed clothing) and
our restless mother will go to sleep very quickly. This may safely be
used as often and as long as desired.

[Illustration: Fig. 3. The Photophore.]

PERNICIOUS VOMITING

Persistent, prolonged, and very much aggravated cases of morning
sickness are termed pernicious vomiting. The patient emaciates because
of the lack of ability to keep food long enough to receive any
benefits therefrom.

In treating these cases the sufferer should be put to bed in a room
with many open windows, or, if the weather permit, should be out of
doors on a comfortable cot. She should remain in bed one hour before
the meal is served and from one to three hours afterward. The mind
should be diverted from her condition by good reading, friends, or
other amusements. The utmost care and tact should be used in the
preparation of her food, and art should be manifested in the
daintiness of the tray, etc. We found one mother was nauseated even at
the sight of her tray and so we planned a call that should bring us to
her home at the meal hour. The tray came in with the attendant in
unkempt attire, who said, as she placed it carelessly down on a
much-loved book our patient had been reading: "I heard you say you
liked vegetable soup so I brought you a big bowl full." As I gazed at
the tray, I saw a large, thick, gravy bowl running over with the soup.
I usually like vegetable soup, but at the sight of that sloppy looking
bowl--well, I thought I should never care for it again.

After installing a new maid who had a sense of service and daintiness,
and who took real pleasure in the selection of the dishes for the
tray, as well as the quality and quantity of food served in them, our
patient made speedy recovery, went on to full term and became a happy
mother.

There is no doubt that the mind has very much to do with this vexing
complication of pregnancy. One mother immediately stopped vomiting
everything she ate when told by her husband that "the doctor said he
was coming in the morning to take you away from me to the hospital if
you didn't stop vomiting." Everything known should be tried for the
relief of these patients and in extreme cases, when the mother's life
is endangered, pregnancy should be terminated.

INSOMNIA

The neutral full bath, temperature 97 F., maintained for twenty
minutes to one-half