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complaint. It is undoubtedly a great thing to be assured that you liave been cured 

 <>t' consumption, but you would naturally feel fur more thankful to learn that it was 

 all a mistake, ami that you never had consumption at all. There is no difficulty iu 

 distinguishing ana-mia from consumption. In ana-mia the patient does not look 

 eonsumpti\e, at all events to the practised eye, and in spite of the paleness and 

 delicate appearance, there is neither loss of flesh to any extent, nor fever. In all 

 doubtful rases a physician should be consulted, for by a simple examination of the 

 < -hest he may be able to assure you that everything is right, and that you are 

 neither consumptive nor in danger of becoming consumptive. There are thousands 

 of women in England, wives and mothers of children, who, because they were 

 anii'iiiic when they were about seventeen, were thought to be "weak about the 

 chest," and were said to be "going into a decline." The fact is that anaemic people 

 seldom become consumptive, and the two conditions are apparently antagonistic. 

 A few years ago a physician carefully examined one hundred and twenty-five 

 people who were suffering from marked anaemia, and in not one of them was a trace 

 of consumption to be detected. 



Is ameniia curable ? Undoubtedly. And chlorosis? Quite so. And it's nothing 

 to be alarmed about ] Not at all. And people don't die from it ] Not a bit ; they 

 couldn't if they wanted to. And what is to be done to get rid of it 1 In the first 

 place you should try and find out what it arises from. Perhaps you don't get out 

 much. A good brisk walk in the Park every morning will do you all the good in 

 the world, and if you can get a pleasant companion to accompany you, so much the 

 better. Possibly your work keeps you in till it is dark, and then you don't care to 

 go out. Never mind, you had better get out ; a walk in the dark \\ill do you more 

 good than no walk at all. Only take care that you don't over-exert yourself just at 

 first. Your appetite is bad, and you don't care much for anything? Well, you 

 must tiy and live a little more generously. You are an over-worked student, and 

 have been poring over your books too much lately, reading for that wretched 

 examination. Just put your books aside for a bit, and jump on the top of a bus, 

 and have a good blow, or run down to Kew or Richmond on one of the boats. 

 Don't hesitate to accept an invitation to dinner if any one will ask you. Well, if no 

 one will " do the civil," you might invest a couple of shillings and go to the theatre, 

 only go and see a good comic piece, not a tragedy. You had better go in the pit, 

 and not in the stalls : you won't have the bother of dressing, and it will do you ever 

 so much more good. Oh, you think you've been smoking too much lately ? Well, 

 you look as if you had. You know, you'll have to knock it off. No, not altogether, 

 but three or four pipes a day will be quite enough just at present. And you must 

 uhe up that strong cavendish, you really must. Try returns, or at all events 

 something mild. Did we ever hear of any harm come of giving up smoking] 

 No, never, and we don't believe that your health would suffer in the least if you 

 never smoked another pipe in your life. Is brandy and soda a good thing to take in 

 the morning ? No, wretchedly bad ; it's poison to you. B. & S. has been the ruin 

 of many a man. If you didn't drink so much overnight you wouldn't feel the want 

 of it in the mommy. Only took four glasses of whiskey cold last night 1 And far 

 too many. Where do you expect you'll go to if you go on drinking in that way ? 



