The diet of those suffering from habitual constipation should be as follows: In the morning, on rising, take a glass of cold water and an orange. For breakfast, one or two oranges or several slices of fresh pineapple, or, in countries where one is so fortunate as to obtain such delicious and wholesome fruit, a grape-fruit; after that one or two soft boiled eggs, cereals, Graham or brown bread, or one of the kinds of coarse breads rich in cellulose, and fresh butter thickly spread on the bread (if the stomach is good). Then follow with orange marmalade or purée of prunes, ending with some grapes. Honey (another excellent laxative) may also be added. Two glasses of milk or more, for those who can stand it; in fact, as much as they desire. For dinner, the following is recommended: Roast or boiled meat, two sorts of green vegetables (by preference spinach), French beans, carrots, boiled lettuce, one course of stewed compote of fruit, and finish with dessert of grapes, figs (dried or green), or preserved plums (California or Bordeaux). For drink, mineral waters, such as the various light American kind, either mixed with wine or alone. Alkaline waters, such as Biliner, Vichy, etc., if taken very cold, may also contribute to the laxative action. For supper, something akin to breakfast. As we shall point out in the chapter on the hygiene of food, we recommend meat only once a day. We are confident, from experience gained with our own patients, that people who follow such a regimen will have an easy bowel movement daily, and will thus avoid those dangers which are connected with the habitual use of laxative drugs. For those who, in spite of such a course of diet, have sluggish bowels, we recommend massage and electricity, and also certain hydrotherapeutic procedures. The method of carrying out such must be obtained from the special hand-books written for that purpose; but we would merely mention here that massage should preferably be performed by one belonging to the medical profession, or, at any rate, by one trained in the Swedish system. Electricity may be applied by either galvanic or faradic current, both of which give excellent results. Hydrotherapeutics must not be overdone or harm may result. We find that a compress of lukewarm water (Pressnitz compress) worn round the abdomen and back through the night, produces good results in many cases, if the diet is, at the same time, appropriate. For those who only suffer occasionally from constipation, as, for instance, after a railway journey, it is an easy and always efficacious method (if there is no inveterate constipation) to take a suppository of glycerine and introduce it into the rectum. After only ten to fifteen minutes interval there may be a copious evacuation.