exactly held it, and set the closet over it. In
all other respects it was a model of his brother's.

This last is within the reach of all, even those who live in other
people's houses; for, when they find themselves in possession of an
unspeakably foul closet, they can cover up the old vault and set the
well cleaned, repaired, fumigated closet upon a vault fashioned after
the doctor's plan. A stout drygoods box, which can be bought for a
trifle, answers well for this purpose, after a little "tinkering" to
form a trap door.

Of course, dry earth is by far the best deodorizer and absorbent, but
when it cannot be easily and cheaply procured, well sifted wood or coal
ashes--wood preferred--is a good substitute. The ashes must be kept dry.
If they are not, they lose their absorbing, deodorizing powers. They
must also be well sifted. If they are not, the cinders add a useless and
very heavy bulk to the increment.

An ash sifter can be made by knocking the bottom out of a shallow box,
studding the edge all round with tacks, and using them to cross and
recross with odd lengths of stovepipe wire to form a sieve.--_The
Sanitarian_.

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THE HYGIENIC TREATMENT OF OBESITY.[1]

[Footnote 1: Translated by Mr. Jos. Helfman, Detroit, Mich.]

BY DR. PAUL CHERON.

In order to properly regulate the regimen of the obese, it is first
necessary to determine the source of the superfluous adipose of the
organism, since either the albuminoids or the hydrocarbons may furnish
fat.

Alimentary fat becomes fixed in the tissues, as has been proved by
Lebede, who fed dogs, emaciated by long fast, with meat wholly deprived
of fat, and substituted for the latter linseed oil, when he was able to
recover the oil in each instance from the animal; parallel experiments
with mutton fat, _in lieu_ of oil, afforded like results.

Hoffman also deprived dogs of fat for a month, causing them to lose as
high as twenty-two pounds weight, then began nourishing with bacon fat
with but little lean; the quantity of fat formed in five days, in the
dog that lost twenty-two pounds, was more than three pounds, which could
have been derived only from the bacon fat.

It has been stated, however, that alimentary fat seems to preserve from
destruction the fat of the organism which arises from other sources. Be
this as it may, it is a fact that the pre-existence of fat furthers the
accumulation of more adipose; or in o