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are to be inhibited ; cooked farinaceous articles ; some of the 
soft pulpy fruits; molasses; and occasionally, thin animal 
broths will be found most suitable; very little food of any 
kind should be taken into the stomach after 2 o'clock, P. M. 
The epileptic patient should always retire to bed with the 
stomach nearly empty. 
In the lymphatic complication, some latitude in diet may 
be allowed; that is, animal substances, moderately coagu- 
lated, and of a purely muscular character, may, (after the 
bowels are regulated,) be used in small quantities; should 
acidity abound, or a tendency to it in the stomach be dis- 
covered, the use of animal food is not only allowable, but 
particularly applicable. 
As auxiliary means in the cure, the earliest attention should 
be given to uniformity of temperature ; the skin should be 
well protected against the unequal action of cold, during 
every stage of the treatment ; and for this purpose, the wear- 
ing of flannel next the skin should be directed. Thus pro- 
tected, under all circumstances of climate and exposure, the 
individual may, (as it is requisite he should do,) indulge in 
moderate exercise, and even pursue many of his ordinary 
avocations, with comparative safety. This suggestion will 
not be regarded as supererogatory, when it is recollected, 
that epileptic attacks often originate in a want or neglect of 
comfortable clothing; and every practitioner much conver- 
sant with the disease must have witnessed relapses from ex- 
posure to the causes of catarrh. 
The remedy which we have been considering should be 
discontinued or suspended upon the accession, and during the 
continuance of any new or acute diseases; and when resumed 
should be commenced within medium doses. 
Employed in either of its forms, the crust should be contin- 
ued perse veringly, until a cure is effected, or a satisfactory 
trial of its powers has been made. In no disease, which " flesh 
is heir to," is it more important to inculcate patience during 
treatment than epilepsy, and the failures of medical practi- 
tioners in contending with it, are to be attributed to the dis- 
regard of this admonition, rather than to the incurable nature 
