skill
more necessary than in the treatment of nervous affections. Almost every
case is a law unto itself, and must receive careful consideration,
pains-taking advice and specially prescribed treatment suited to the
peculiarities of the individual. Hereditary influences, causes of the
disease and constitutional peculiarities of the patient must all be
taken into account.

VALUE OF EXPERIENCE.

Only through extensive experience can the medical practitioner become
expert at detecting and successfully meeting, by rational scientific and
carefully adapted treatment, the many phases and complications incident
to the different forms and stages of this very prevalent malady.

For more than a quarter of a century, the Specialists of the Invalids
Hotel and Surgical Institute having charge of this department of
practice, have been actively engaged battling with diseases of the
nervous system. As a result of this long time and vast experience, they
have naturally developed and thoroughly tested many valuable remedial
agencies for the relief and cure of this class of sufferers. Many of
these can be successfully prescribed and used at the patients' homes
without a personal consultation; while others can only be brought into
use at our Institution.

TREATMENT AT HOME.

Many cases, especially when the exciting cause of the malady can be
easily ascertained, as in spermatorrhea from self-abuse, or sexual
excesses, or in women when arising from uterine affections, can be very
successfully managed and cured at home. This is also true when the
disease is due to the excessive use of tobacco, opium and other
narcotics.

CONSULTATION BY LETTER.

The patient has thought over his symptoms hundreds of times. The
location of every discomfort has been carefully noted. These matters are
stated with accuracy, common sense and good judgment when writing to us.
The people are far more intelligent in these matters than physicians are
generally willing to admit. A patient is often confused while being
personally examined by a physician and gives imperfect or incorrect
answers. After he has left the presence of the physician, he finds that
he has failed to enumerate many of the most important symptoms. In
consulting by letter, the patient is not embarrassed, states the exact
symptoms and carefully reads over the letter, to see if it is a complete
and accurate description of his sufferings. In this way he often conveys
a much better idea o