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and watchful care to see that the patient Is 

 not exposed to sudden changes, or to any- 

 thing of a nature to irritate the nerves. 

 Careful nursing is required, and, above all, 

 he should have plenty of fresh air and all 

 the exercise that he can bear without fa- 



tio^ue. 



Nearly all writers upon the subject ad- 

 mit that in many cases the disease is in- 

 tractable, yet many of them confidently 

 advise the use of powerful remedies ; while 

 some of them, with an assurance not war- 

 ranted by their previous admission, insist 

 that these powerful agents will accomplish 



a cure. 



Experience has taught me that all such 

 medicine is harmful in most cases of this 

 nature, when administered by the layman. 

 While it is true that powerful tonics may 

 be of benefit in isolated cases, may it not 

 be equally true that milder medicine of 

 the same nature would do its work much 

 more effectively? In this disease every- 



