In removing it, the whole matter should be done rapidly, under cover of a heavy blanket, and the body be thoroughly rubbed with a sponge dipped in whiskey and water. ELECTRICITY. This is also a valuable agent in the treatment of the pains, that are usually distressing. Sometimes the interrupted, sometimes the continuous current acts the best. As a rule, however, a powerful continued current (from ten to forty cells) is the most serviceable. The electrodes should be kept continuously moving up and down the limbs, and the current be occasionally reversed. Dr. William F. Hutchinson relates the following interesting case[41] of cure by electricity: “About the first of January of the present year, I was requested by Dr. O. C. Wiggin, of this city, to see with him a lady supposed to be suffering with cerebral congestion in an advanced stage. “A visit to Mrs. S. revealed the following history: Age thirty-nine; married; one child, aged six; and has had one miscarriage; weight about 150 pounds; and general appearance of contour and skin good. Patient kept up a low moaning, answering most of my questions intelligently, then relapsing into a semi-unconscious condition. Pulse 100, compressible; temperature 99°; no loss of control of evacuations; conjunctivæ congested and pupils contracted closely; perspiration starts upon the smallest exertion, which also causes pain in abdomen and excites vomiting, which has lately become persistent, accompanied with intense thirst. Hands and feet cold, with shriveled palms and plantar surfaces. No difference in temperature of head and axilla. “Ophthalmoscopic examination gave retinal and choroidal congestion, with venous enlargement, slight optic neuritis and choked disk. “There was constant pain, and sense of fullness in frontal region. “The only family history that could be obtained bearing upon the case was the death of one sister, a year ago, from acute brain inflammation, the remainder of the immediate family being still living and in good health; and the present condition appeared to be the culmination of six years of almost constant pain and general nerve exhaustion, following the birth of a child, and aggravated by a subsequent miscarriage. “At this visit no suspicion was entertained by me of any opium habit, and the case was diagnosed as passive cerebral congestion, dependent upon general neurasthenia.