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ing must be like all training, gradual and regular. The author 
has succeeded in curing himself and several other patients suffer- 
ing from cold feet by the following method :—Begin treatment 
in summer time. Summon up sufficient courage to overcome 
domestic opposition (especially necessary for married men), 
and habitually forget to put on shoes and socks until after break- 
fast. After a while extend the training to a good tramp on dry 
turf; later on walk barefooted on the dewy grass in early 
morning. Continue this regularly, and when the winter comes 
complete the training by walking for a short spell barefooted on 
the hoar frost or snow-covered grass. Then cold feet during 
railway journeys, chilblained feet, and coughs and colds from 
wet feet will be things of the past, providing that the training 
be kept up at intervals, and that tight foot clothing be always 
avoided. Of course, such a course of training is only suitable 
for those under middle age. 
Head Clothing.—Avoid heavy head-dress. Ifa hat with rigid 
brim is worn it ought to be made to measure. Hats should be 
ventilated —z.e. with proper inlet and outlets. The head should 
be kept uncovered as much as possible. 
Neck Clothing.—The neck should be either always exposed 
without any clothing, or else always wrapped up. The habit of 
occasionally wearing mufflers, etc., at one time and then going 
without at another, or of generally wearing a high-necked dress 
and then occasionally a low-necked one, often cause throat and 
chest troubles. Mufflers, boas, etc., if never worn, are never 
required. When clothing is worn round the neck it must always 
be loose. Tight neck clothing is especially dangerous for stout 
people after middle life: it may favour apoplectic fits. Tight 
night-dresses are especially dangerous. 
The clothing of the chest ought to be loose, en oa during 
exercise, when amount of respiration is greater. 
Corsets and Stays.—Young girls should never wear stays, they 
are only injurious, and lead to a non-development of the natural 
support of the body, and render the wearing of artificial supports 
in after-life necessary. Old stout people sometimes require stays, 
and these should be of some firm material, such as stout jean 
without bones. All pressure round the waist is injurious to 
health. 
Garters tightly constricting the thigh above, or the leg below 
the knee, must not be worn. Anyone who suffers or has any 
relations suffering in any way with enlarged or varicose veins, must 
be most careful to avoid garters. Suspenders are better than garters, 
but these may, with advantage, be done away with if our legs are 
well developed by exercise, so that the calf will keep the stocking 
in its place. 
Trousers are, as a rule, better than knickerbockers, as with 
