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Here are the results: The asthmatic attacks have 
gradually disappeared and the ezcema has entirely 
gone. In just two months these boys have become rosy 
and healthy and well. 
HOPE FOR THE EPILEPTIC 
While we are still at this house, the phone summons 
us to the pleasant home of a neighbor, J. L., a young 
attorney. We find Mrs. L. awaiting us with a troubled 
look on her face. ‘My husband has had another of his 
attacks,” she exclaims, as she buries her face in her 
hands. ‘Oh, can’t anything ever be done to cure him? 
Is there no hope for the epileptic?” she sobs. This is 
indeed a puzzling case. Mr. L. has consulted some of 
the most eminent physicians in America. He was thor- 
oughly examined at the Mayo Clinic. His appendix was 
removed, ‘‘on suspicion,” by a prominent surgeon. His 
tonsils went at the hands of a nose and throat special- 
ist. Still his epileptic attacks recurred every four to six 
weeks. Bromides, nerve-tonics, rest, exercise, change 
of climate, restricted diet,—all were tried to no avail. 
What shall we do? What would you do? 
With considerable misgiving, we decided to try an- 
other pluriglandular formula and prescribe a prepara- 
tion of thyroid, thymus and anterior pieuitary, to- 
gether with thorough cleansing of the bowels and a 
purin-free diet. 
The results in this case have proved more than satis- 
factory. There has been no epileptic seizure since we 
becan this treatment. 
A CASE OF FLOODING 
Just across the street let us stop to see Mrs. J. P., a 
woman of forty-six, who is going through the “change 
of life.” She has raised a large family and has always 
been a hard worker. Lately her periods have been get- 
ting more and more exhausting. Frequently she loses 
