Let him have every morning, if it be summer, a thorough cold water ablution, if it be winter, let the water be made tepid. Let either two handfuls of table salt or a handful of bay salt be dissolved in the water. Let the salt and water stream well over his shoulders and down his back and loins. Let him be well dried with a moderately coarse towel, and then let his back be well rubbed, and his shoulders be thrown back-exercising them much in the same manner as in skipping, for five or ten minutes at a time. Skipping, by-the-by, is of great use in these cases, whether the child be either a boy or a girl-using, of course, the rope backwards, and not forwards. Let books be utterly discarded until his shoulders have become strong, and thus no longer round, and his shoulder-blades have become straight. It is a painful sight to see a child stoop like an old man. Let him have, twice daily, a tea-spoonful or a dessert-spoonful (according to his age) of cod-liver oil, giving it him on a full and not on an empty stomach. When he is old enough, let the drill-sergeant give him regular lessons, and let the dancing-master be put in requisition. Let him go through regular gymnastic exercises, provided they are not of a violent character. But, bear in mind, let there be in these cases no mechanical restraints--no shoulder-straps, no abominable stays. Make him straight by natural means--by making him strong. Mechanical means would only, by weakening and wasting the muscles, increase the mischief, and thus the deformity. In this world of ours there is too much reliance placed on artificial, and too little on natural means of cure. 265. _What are the causes of Bow Legs in a child; and what is the treatment_? Weakness of constitution, poor and insufficient nourishment, and putting a child, more especially a fat and heavy one, on his legs too early. _Treatment._--Nourishing food, such as an abundance of milk, and, if he be old enough, of meat; iron medicines; cod-liver-oil; thorough ablution, every morning of the whole body; an abundance of exercise, either on pony, or on donkey, or in carriage, but not, until his legs be stronger, on foot. If they are much bowed, it will be necessary to consult an experienced surgeon. 266. _If a child, while asleep, "wet his bed" is there any method of preventing him from doing so_?