he twenty-four hours with advantage.

_Nature Cure_ says that thorough massage, and half a dozen cups of hot
lemonade will cure a severe case of sciatica:--

"The massage should be commenced moderately, and increased as
the patient can bear it. Rubbing and slapping of the muscles
with bare hands will hasten a cure, and be agreeable to the
patient. One to two hours treatment, if _vigorous_, will effect
a cure."

SEA-SICKNESS:--Brandy is a common resort in this trouble, many taking it
under such circumstances who would under no other. Yet it frequently
adds to the sickness, instead of relieving it.

"Be sparing in diet for two or three days before the expected
voyage. If very sensitive, take to your berth as soon as you go
on board, or lie down on deck; get near the centre of the
vessel, and lie with your feet to the stern. Go to sleep if
possible. Iced water may be sipped, but nothing solid should be
taken at first; after a while a cracker or wafer may be taken."

It is said upon good authority that if two or three apples are eaten
shortly before going on board, or before rough water is encountered,
sea-sickness is entirely averted. It will be well to partake of no other
food for some hours previous to the voyage when trying this.

_Good Health_ says:--

"If any of our readers have occasion to cross the ocean in the
stormy season, we recommend three things; keep horizontal, with
the head low; put an ice-bag to the back of the neck, keep the
stomach clean, free from greasy foods and meats, and eat nothing
till there is an appetite for food. A habitually clean dietary
before going on board is doubtless a good preparation for such a
voyage, as well as for any other nerve strain, or test of
endurance. It pays to be good--to your stomach, as well as in
other ways."

The following is guaranteed by a Russian physician to be an effective
cure and a means of avoiding sea-sickness when the symptoms first make
their appearance. Take long and deep inspirations. About twenty breaths
should be taken every minute, and they should be as deep as possible.
After thirty or forty inspirations the symptoms will be found to abate.
This is recommended for dyspepsia also.

SORE NIPPLES:--"Alum water, or tannin, used for several months
in advance will harden as effectually as brandy. If there is
soreness on commencing to nurse, put a pinch of alum