s are often due to
stomach and liver trouble, as distinguished from lung trouble. In
either case a salt-free diet will greatly help. Thus

_Breakfast._--All fresh fruit, nothing else but fruit. Apples best.
(_Not_ stewed fruit).

_Lunch._--Boiled or steamed rice, done without salt; about 2 oz.
cottage cheese or a poached egg; a little raw carrot, turnip or
artichoke, finely grated, with dressing of fruit-oil beaten up with a
raw egg. The grated roots must be well chewed; as a change they may
be cut up and cooked in a casserole with very little water.

_Dinner._--Potato baked in skin, with fresh butter, a little cheese,
or flaked nuts, and a few plain rusks, or a saucer of P.R. Breakfast
Food, dry, with cream. The honey and lemon juice should be disgarded
in favour of liquorice (little bits being sucked at intervals) or of
linseed tea. I have often found an obstinate cough yield to a diet
which contains lactic acid buttermilk, combined with the use of the
new oxygen baths. The lactic acid buttermilk can be obtained from any
good dairy and should be taken in the morning fasting and at bedtime.

WATER GRAPES.

W.G.B. writes:--Referring to article in January number entitled
"Grape juice for all," I think perhaps it would interest others
besides myself if Dr Knaggs would give us his opinion on the
value of what are commonly termed "Water Grapes," as compared
with more expensive kinds.

On the Continent the grape cure is a popular method of treatment. It
is especially good for those who are anaemic and underfed as well as
for those who suffer in the opposite way from over-feeding. It depends
upon which condition is present as to the kind of grapes selected for
the cure.

Fully ripe grapes with but little acidity (water grapes) are best
suited for persons suffering from anaemia and malnutrition. The unripe
or sour grapes answer best for cases of over-eating associated with
constipation, gout and allied disorders of nutrition. The excess of
acid and cellulose helps the bowels and promotes elimination of the
gouty poisons.

Our correspondent will note that for thin people who are pale and
deficient in vitality the water grapes will be found most salutary.
They are best taken alone at breakfast without the addition of any
other form of food.

CEREAL FOOD IN THE TREATMENT OF NEURITIS.

E.J.H. writes:--A friend of mine who is suffering from an attack
of neuritis (not badly) is desirous