ldren the habit is often broken by appealing to the
pride--by requesting or demanding the child to rinse out the bed linen
and hang it up to dry himself.

Usually at puberty the trouble ends, and while no amount of whipping
will correct the difficulty, the promise of rewards, an appeal to the
pride, correction of dietetic errors, the establishment of regular
times to empty the bladder, the removal of all reflex causes such as
adenoids, need of circumcision, worms, etc.--these combined
influences--will bring results in the end, if they are faithfully and
intelligently applied.

MENINGITIS

Cerebro-spinal meningitis is not highly contagious. Children old
enough to complain of symptoms usually first complain of an intense
headache with frequent vomiting and very high fever. Great prostration
is seen, the pulse is weak, the respirations are irregular, the child
may have convulsions, or it may have chills and fever, and rigidity of
the body may be present. The position of the child is very
characteristic. It does not want to lie on its back but usually rests
on one side, with the spine more or less arched. It is a very serious
disease and demands the early attention of a physician. Some cases
are very mild and others are exceedingly grave. If the physician is
secured early, and special remedies administered that are known today,
many of the children may be saved.

INFANTILE PARALYSIS

Infantile paralysis is a serious disease of the spinal cord which
comes on very suddenly and is associated with vomiting, pain in the
legs, and a high temperature. After these symptoms have lasted a day
or two the paralysis is discovered. There may be convulsions. The
paralysis is progressive, and the wasting of the muscles increases
until by the end of a couple of months one limb is considerably
shorter than the other. Sometimes the baby goes to bed at night in
apparent good health and wakes up in the morning paralyzed.

In this disease the attention of the best physician in your community
should be called to the case at once, for there are being developed in
our large research laboratories special vaccines for this condition as
well as for spinal meningitis. But what is done must be done very,
very early, so let there be no delay in calling in medical counsel.

There are other forms of spinal paralysis which, associated with
tuberculosis of the spine and other spinal diseases, result in loss of
power to one or more groups of musc