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these cigars to be one of the very best preventives in asthma. The 
“ Record ” says : “ The method of using is simple enough. They need only 
to be lighted and to be smoked as the Greeks are in the habit of smoking 
cigarettes of light Turkish tobacco, namely, by taking a deep sighing in- 
spiration as each puff of smoke is drawn into the mouth. This sucks the 
medicated fumes into the air-tubes, and impregnates the air which passes 
into the lungs with the volatilised chemicals with which the cigarette- 
paper is impregnated. The local application of the medication has a very 
rapid effect in soothing bronchial irritation and relieving the spasms of air- 
tubes. One cigar at a time usually suffices. Many varieties of papers and 
cigars have been introduced since first the ( cigars de Joy ’ were brought 
into notice : but none of the more recent introductions have proved more 
generally useful than these ; and thus, although they may have been partly 
lost sight of in the little crowd of new aspirants for favour, they are not less 
deserving of notice than ever, for they have lost none of their therapeutic 
merits.” 
How to Reduce extreme Fatness . — The u Practitioner ” (Feb. 1875) gives 
the following means adopted by a French gentleman with the most satis- 
factory results: — “M. Philibert, at once an observer and a subject of this 
disease, at 26 years of age, weighed upwards of 340 lbs. and measured five 
feet round the waist. He consulted Dr. Schindler, and the following rules 
were laid down for him : — To rise at 6 a.ui. ; between 6.30 and 7, three glasses 
of Kreuzbrunn water ; from 7.30 to 8, two eggs, a cup of tea, and a morsel 
of bread ; from 9 to 10, vapour bath to sweating, followed by friction with 
a glove and a douche of cold water ; vapour bath again to sweating, followed 
by friction with a soft brush ; vapour bath again, and excitation of the skin 
by flagellation with a branch of poplar with leaves on, followed by cold 
douche. After leaving the bath, friction with vinegar; to take a walk after 
the bath. At 11 a.m., second breakfast, meat or fish, vegetables (haricot 
beans), half a bottle of wine, with a morsel of bread. From 12 to 6, steady 
and severe walking exercise, short of fatigue. At 6 p.m., dinner, cold meat, 
a compote, half a bottle of wioe, and a little bread. After dinner, another 
walk. At 8 A. if., friction with soap. At 8.30, bed, with cold compress to 
belly for a time ; also five pills containing alkaline bases. This treatment 
was well supported for five weeks with steady improvement, exercise being- 
more easily borne, and sleep required less. The thirst, which at first was 
excessive, diminished. Loss of weight in six weeks, 35 lbs. M. Philibert 
then went to Marienbad, and then to Fontainebleau, where he tried the 
raisin cure. At neither of these places did he take any vegetable (legume) 
or raw fruit. In four months his weight had fallen to 260 lbs., and as the 
improvement continued, he now, five years after commencement of treat- 
ment, weighs only 190 lbs., and his general health is excellent.” 
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