_In the state of collapse_, place P. P., _long cord_, at the coccyx, and manipulate with N. P. over the entire trunk and arms; bestowing a larger share of treatment along up the spine than elsewhere. Then remove P. P., _long cord_, to feet, and work with N. P. all over the lower limbs and hips. Treat in this stage of the disease some six or eight minutes at a time, and repeat it as the case seems to demand--once in thirty minutes to once in two, four or six hours, until improvement or death shall ensue. (See page 81.) DYSENTERY. Treat exactly as in _acute diarrhœa_, except that P. P. should be moved more over the _colon_ and _rectum_ than in diarrhœa. CONSTIPATION OF BOWELS. This disease may proceed from either a _negative_ condition--a state of _atony_ from lack of nutrition, or a _partial paralysis_ of the bowels--or from a _positive_ condition--a state of _relaxation_ and consequent weakness of the muscular tissues of the bowels. In either of these cases, the peristaltic action of the intestines becomes enfeebled, and constipation ensues. In either case, use the A D current, of medium force. In the first-mentioned case, place P. P. at back of neck, or in the mouth with tongue instrument, and treat with N. P. over liver, stomach and bowels; or place N. P. at the anus. Treat so five to eight minutes. In the second-specified case, place N. P. at back of neck or on the dorsal vertebræ, and treat with P. P. over the bowels five to eight minutes. In both cases, repeat the treatment daily until relief is afforded. Or, if the case be _chronic_, treat daily for three or four days, and, after that, three times a week. It is well also to give _general tonic treatment_ as often as once a week. The patient should be urged to retire and _invite_ an evacuation regularly, about the same hour daily, whether success attend it or not. HÆMORRHOIDS. (_Piles._) If the case be recent, take the B D current; if old, take A D. Place the patient in a recumbent position, and let the rectum instrument, P. P., be introduced, _wet_. Manipulate with N. P. along the spine upon the dorsal vertebræ. Where there is _prolapsus ani_, the sponge-roll, placed at the anus, may be used instead of the rectum instrument, particularly for the first few treatments. RHEUMATISM. (_Acute Inflammatory._) First ascertain if the kidneys be morbidly positive--urine scant and too highly colored. If so, as is commonly the case, begin with the B D current, good medium force. Place N. P. at the pelvis, and treat over the kidneys with P. P. some three or four minutes. Let this be the commencement of every treatment until _this_ difficulty is corrected.