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a pint of blood during one day. Whenever she moves 

 the blood gushes from her until she is almost exsan- 

 guinated. No fibroids having been demonstrated, we 

 place her on mammary extract, suitably reenforced, 

 with splendid control over the menorrhagia, and we 

 now find in Mrs. P. a very grateful patient. 



Is SHE PREGNANT OR NOT? 



We must now return to the office. Here we find Mrs. 

 H. G., a young woman of twenty-one, awaiting us. She 

 complains of considerable pain in her neck, back and 

 thighs, together with some nausea. The symptoms are 

 generally better in the after part of the day. Mrs. G.'s 

 neighbors have told her that she is pregnant; but she 

 had her usual menstruation one week ago. She has not 

 noticed any change in the breasts or the other usual 

 signs of pregnancy. Being unable, from physical exam- 

 ination, to definitely settle the question, we prescribe 

 a preparation of desiccated placenta, with the assur- 

 ance that if she is pregnant the unpleasant symptoms 

 will vanish at once ; while if she is not, the nausea will 

 be aggravated. This bids fair to become, in my hands, 

 a simple and reliable test for pregnancy (1). 



A DOPE FIEND 



Next enters the "dope fiend," F. H., an emaciated, 

 prematurely old patient of 58, who has used "the drug" 

 for nearly a score of years. We have succeeded in re- 

 ducing the daily allowance from four grains to 3/4 gr. 

 and find considerable advantage in building up the de- 

 pleted bodily powers by applying the principles of 

 adrenal support, which deservedly are becoming better 

 known and more popular. 



HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE 



Here is Grandpa M., a man of 68. Arteriosclerosis 

 has raised his systolic blood pressure to 248. By means 

 of rest, dieting, Epsom salts and small doses of thyroid 



