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quickly. Sometimes the case requires two courses in one year. In tliat case the first may begin in May, and the second in August, with an interval of a month, or six weeks.

The best time for drinking the watcrs is early in the morning. The heut is then not so oppressive, and the body and mind are refreshcd by sleep; the stomach is also empty. But some patients cannot Ieave their bcd at so early an hour, owing to the nature of their disorder. Such patients should drink the water in bed, under proper re- strictions, which are best learned on the spot. After a bad night, and if the patient suffers ofhead-ache, or other signs of agitation, he ought to eschew this morning-draught altogetlier.

The patients should be careful how they dress. The best rule one can give on this head, is to observe the cloth- ing worn by the inhabitants of the place, who are acquain- ted, from cxperience, with the variabieness of the tempera- ture, and wcar, accordingly, something consistent with it. The visitors, for instance, are often surprised- to see a countryman, on a hot day, coming in with his cloak on his arm ; but he knows from cxperience tliat in his country the hottest day is often succecded by a cold evcning.

Gcntle exercise between cach glass of water is necess- ary. It should last about a quarter of an hour. But such patients, as are not accustomed to walking exercise, should not force themselvcs to follow the above rule; for fatigue is the very worst concomitant of water-drinking.

The mineral water should be drunk like other liquids; not gulped down in a hurry, for the sakc of the gas or any other reason. Such practice is injurious; it either pro- duces cramp or oppresses the stomach, distending it with flatus. The warm water should be sipped out of the glass — that of a lower temperature should be drunk slowly, and