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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 

 began 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 



