on, quiet is
the remedy. When these means fail, anodynes, or nervines, should be
employed. Lying on the side instead of on the back should be practiced.
Patients afflicted with chronic diseases, on rising, should take a cold
bath, dry the surface quickly with a coarse towel, followed by friction
with the hand. Great benefit may be derived by following these
suggestions when the nature of the disease is not such as to forbid it.

EXERCISE and rest necessarily alternate with each other. Exercise, so
necessary to health, in many forms of disease greatly contributes to
recovery. It sends the sluggish blood coursing through the veins and
arteries with increased force and rapidity, so that it reaches every
part of the system, supplying it with nourishment. It increases the
waste of old material and creates a demand for new.

Convalescing patients, or those suffering from chronic diseases,
whenever the weather will permit, should take exercise every day in the
open air. This should be done with regularity. The amount of exercise
must be regulated by the strength of the patient; never take so much as
to produce fatigue, but, as the strength increases, the exercise may be
increased proportionately. Some interesting employment, commensurate
with the patient's strength, should be instituted, so that the mind may
be agreeably occupied with the body.

When unable to take active exercise, the invalid, properly protected by
sufficient clothing, should ride in a carriage or boat, and each day a
new route should be chosen, so that a change of scenery may be observed,
thus arousing new trains of thought, which will be exhilarating and
prove beneficial to him.

SEXUAL INFLUENCES. During the progress of disease or convalescence,
entire continence must be observed. It is then necessary that all of the
vital energies should be employed in effecting a recovery from disease,
without having the additional tax imposed of overcoming the debilitating
effects of sexual expenditure. This holds true with regard to all
diseases, and especially those of the nervous system and genitourinary
organs.

VISITING THE SICK may be productive of good or evil results. Mental
impressions made upon the sick exert a powerful influence upon the
termination of disease. The chances of recovery are in proportion to the
elevation or depression of spirits. Pleasant, cheerful associations
animate the patient, inspire hope, arouse the vital energies, and aid in
his r