eud has traced a sex-basis in all our dreams, many worthy people
have been much worried about the things they see or do in dreams. Let them
remember that virtue is not an inability to conceive of misconduct, so much
as the determination to refrain from it, and it may well be that the
centres which so determinedly inhibit sexual or unsocial thoughts in the
day, are tired by the very vigour of their resistance, and so in sleep
allow the thoughts they have so stoutly opposed when waking to slip by. The
man who is long-suffering and slow to wrath when awake, may surely be
excused if he murders a few of his tormentors during sleep.

Epileptiform Seizures are convulsions due to causes other than epilepsy,
and only a doctor can tell if an attack be epileptic or not and prescribe
appropriate treatment. To give "patent" medicines for "fits", to a man who
may be suffering from lead poisoning or heart disease, is criminal.

Convulsions in Children often occur before or after some other ailment.
Such children need careful training, but less than 10 per cent of children
who have convulsions become epileptic. Epilepsy should only be suspected if
the first attack occurs in a previously healthy child of over two years of
age. There are many possible causes for infantile convulsions, and but one
treatment; call in a doctor _at once_, and, while waiting for him, put the
child in a warm bath (not over 100 deg. F.) in a quiet, darkened room, and hold
a sponge wrung out of hot water to the throat at intervals of five minutes.
Never give "soothing syrups" or "teething powders".

The "soothing" portion of such preparations is some essential oil, like
aniseed, caraway or dill, and there are often present strong drugs
unsuitable for children. According to the analyses made by the British
Medical Association, the following are the _essential_ ingredients of some
well-known preparations for children:

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Potassium Bromide,
Syrup. Aniseed, and Syrup
(sugar and water).

Woodward's Gripe Sodium Bicarbonate,
Water. Caraway, and Syrup.

Atkinson and Barker's Pot. and Magnesium
Royal Infant Bicarbonate, several
Preservative. Oils, and Syrup.

Mrs. Johnson's American Spirits of Salt, Common
Soothing Syrup. Salt, and Honey.

Convulsions During Pregnancy. Send for a doctor instantly.

Feigned Epilepsy