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Landsmen at sea would surely hail a remedy for 

 mat de mer, accomplishing its end without paralyz- 

 ing the nerve reflexes. Seasickness is a nervous 

 disorder that may be likened to an acute pros- 

 tration, nausea being merely a resultant second- 

 ary symptom. Medical treatment would seem to 

 call for a doping of the nerves. As sensible people 

 object to "dopes, " the remedy is not desirable. It 

 is a duty of our nerve centers to warn and protect 

 us from danger. In an abnormal unstable condi- 

 tion of equilibrium these telegraphic messengers, 

 with danger alarms ringing and unheeded, become 

 wild and crazed, and the entire system of delicate 

 adjustments goes awry. By a forced reasoning 

 process our dutiful nerve centers may sometimes 

 be made to accept the unaccustomed motions as 

 both safe and agreeable and they become recon- 

 ciled. This satisfactory subconsciousness may be 

 brought about, by imagining oneself pleasantly 

 swaying in a swing or dancing some pirouette. 

 To combat the unsteady movements but adds to 

 the nervous panic. 



As the sea was smooth and the water perfectly 

 clear we were here given an excellent opportunity 

 to study the reef while slowly crossing it. That 



