These pads are made a little larger than a lemon, with a pedicle twisted with fine cord. They are medicated on the top, the sides smeared with vaseline, and are then pushed up against the mouth of the womb. A small piece of cord is left hanging, so that they can be easily removed. They are to be introduced in the morning, and removed at night. Neuralgic pains in the limbs and body are best removed by the hot bath and massage. The menses may come on irregularly, that is to say, not at the period at which they usually came before addiction to the habit caused their suppression. Pain in the pelvic region, fullness of the abdomen, and a general sensation of puffiness, indicate their coming. On the appearance of these symptoms I give the following until the bowels are freely moved, at about which time the menses usually appear:— ℞. Ferri sulphatis, gr. ij Pulv. alöes soc., Pulv. canella, āā gr. iv. M. In capsule every night or morning, or the pills of Oppolzer.[43] The period is finally established at its proper time by coming on a few days sooner each month until the normal date is reached, after which there is rarely any change. The second and third menstruation is much more abundant and less painful than the first. Dyspepsia and “biliousness,” which are sometimes present, are best overcome by pepsine, and the following, every third night, to be followed in the morning by some laxative mineral water:— ℞. Mass hydrargyri, Ext. colocynth, co., āā gr. iij. M. It may be made in pill form or be put in a capsule. Finally, _plenty of exercise and fresh air_, baths, regular habits of life, and treatment directed to those complaints, real or imaginary, if still existing, for the relief of which the patient first took the drug. The rapid way in which these patients gain flesh is sometimes astonishing. A gain of fifty pounds in a month’s time is not unusual. PROGNOSIS. The prognosis is, in the majority of cases, good. A cure can be effected in any case, provided the directions followed are faithfully carried out, especially in a private institution, where absolute control of patient and nurse is possible, and where the number of patients is limited. Levenstein says:— “To treat morbid craving for morphia with success, it is necessary to decide the principal question, namely, whether each individual patient does or does not suffer from pathological complaints or chronic disorders requiring narcotics for their relief. If he does, it is only necessary for the doctor to deprive the patient of the morphia syringe and to inject personally, if his time permits of so doing, a dose which he thinks sufficient, or else to give the narcotic internally.