The treatment of these cases at the homes of the habituès is rarely successful. Some ruse, some strategy, some deception is sure to be practiced, either by the patient, the friends, the relatives or the nurse. Very often the relatives, not understanding the meaning of certain symptoms, distressed beyond measure by the pitiful pleadings of the sufferer, will interpose and at once put an end to treatment, thus unwittingly and with well meaning doing the patient an injury of the gravest kind. For, the treatment, persisted in almost to the point of cure and then abandoned, so thoroughly disheartens the person that it takes a long time for him to make up his mind to try it again. Those who are the most likely to behave in a manner such as to cause their friends to interfere, from fear of death or insanity resulting, are hysterical females. Absolute committal to a public or private institution, where the nurses can be _absolutely_ relied upon, and where obedience to the physician’s orders are _rigidly_ enforced, is the only rational plan for treating these cases. Then, too, conveniences for baths of different kinds and temperatures, and varied electrical appliances, not found in patient’s houses, are necessary; more necessary than drugs. It is best for the patient, if an adult, or the parents of the patient, if he is a minor, to sign a paper, submitting him fully to the entire control of the physician for ten days. On leaving home his trunk and clothing should be thoroughly searched, and any form of opium or morphine should be removed. On entering the institution in question, the person is allowed from twenty-four to forty-eight hours’ rest, to recover from the effects of the journey, to become acquainted with his surroundings, and to allow the physician in charge to judge fully the amount of morphine taken, and the condition of the different organs. The urine should be carefully analyzed and the result saved for future reference. The windows in the rooms are to be firmly secured, and no extra furniture, sharp instruments, or projections from which hanging could be possible, are to be allowed. Low, iron bedsteads are to be preferred, and the room heated by furnace or steam pipes, well protected.