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INVOLUNTARY FLOW OF URINE. 
If this is not, as it often is, the result of other complaints, © 
it can be cured with a decoction of astringents, such as :— 
iva UESH he acsits oir oto Peete tee One ounce. 
STAR be staat cieehe ts Read Laie» page One ounce. 
DOthe OO at. cce see eee es One ounce. 
OUTIL CEL SCTEICH «tose pita ee eee Pee One ounce. 
Unicorns Root 36. .5.. semen tecenetete it Et . One ounce. 
Spanish Juice ......... AD her fog One ounce. 
Simmer 30 minutes in a 14 quarts of water, give a wineglassful 
three times a day A sitz-bath of sea water or sea salt and 
water well rubbed into the loins will be beneficial. If the 
decoction causes constipation do not stop it but use 
an opening medicine. This complaint in children is termed 
BED-WETTING 
The above medicine in smaller doses will do for them. 
The practice of making them empty the bladder the last thing 
in the evening should be enforced. In an American journal 
we see a strong recommendation of one drop doses of tincture 
belladonna three times a day in a teaspoonful of water. 
Another recommends red wine, a tablespoonful, three times a 
day ; another three grains of chloral hydrate. We think that 
our own is the best ; try it, and if it fails try the rest, but we 
would say have patience, for 1t is sometimes hard to cure. 
DIABETES. 
This is one of the gravest troubles that we have to cope 
with. Its direct cause may be described asa perverted action. 
chiefly of the liver, although anatomists and physiologists 
usually give the liver all the blame. It is our opinion that all 
the digestive organs are more or less at fault. This is clearly 
shown in the great thirst and generally constant constipation. 
The kidneys also may be said to work at high pressure, as the 
enormous quantities of urine secreted will prove. The 
inducing causes are given as_ hereditary transmission, 
indulgence in liquor-drinking, and other excesses, which 
