/4lb. of "Robin" starch
to an ordinary hot bath at a temperature of 105 degrees, which can be
gradually increased to 110 degrees as the correspondent can bear it.
In this the bather stays for from ten to twenty minutes to well soak
out the acids and the oily greasy waste from the surface. The starch
is added because it moderates the action of the alkali and leaves a
comfortable gloss on the skin after the bath is finished. The bath
gradually clears the poisons from the skin and encourages the free
action of perspiration, thus promoting the further elimination of
waste acid poisons and at the same time clearing the skin and making
it healthy.

The next thing to do is to amend the diet so that as little waste as
possible shall be formed. Rice is the cereal that contains the least
amount of waste of any kind and this should therefore be the cereal
selected. The wholemeal, although good for most people, is not suited
to this case. A strict salt-free diet is also necessary, as it is
often the retention of salt in the system that leads to the presence
of eczema. The following amended diet should suit the case, and it
should be continued until the skin has quite cleared itself:--

_On rising._--Cup of filtered boiled rain-water.

_Breakfast._--Cottage cheese, 2 oz.; rice, boiled or steamed without
salt (large plateful), with Granose biscuits or toasted "Maltweat"
bread.

_At_ 11 A.M.--More rain-water (not fruit).

_Lunch._--The same as breakfast.

_Tea._--Hot rain-water only.

_Supper, 6.30._--The same as breakfast.

When the skin is quite clear the correspondent can return to the
wholemeal bread (but biscuits made with "Artox" would be better than
the yeastless bread), and also to a more varied diet generally, as at
present.

DEAFNESS.

J.G. writes:--My hearing got bad about twenty years ago, caused I
think by a cold in the head. When in bed I can hear the tick of a
watch with the left ear but the other is almost stone deaf. I am
not much at a loss in ordinary conversation, but in trying to
hear people speak I lose much of what is said. Although I have no
real pain, my head is rarely clear, feeling full and congested. I
have now and again a slight sensation of giddiness or reeling.
The right ear runs some offensive matter, and there is always a
hissing sound. I live what is, I think, a simple life, but I must
confess to a little smoking. My general health is good. I am a