If the feet be affected, apply gentle heat to the lower part of the spine by Fomentation (_see_). Sometimes a cold cloth on the lower spine will soothe, but more often heat is the true cure. Wrap the sore foot in softest cotton, and foment _very gently_ through this, using only _warm_ cloths, and taking care to avoid giving pain. The cloths should be just a little _below_ blood heat. Cold cloths are a serious mistake, but at a temperature a little below blood heat a gentle soothing is produced. Care must in every case be taken to do only what the patient feels comforting. Gravel.--Sometimes mere internal inflammation is mistaken for this disease. In the case of inflammation of the bladder, apply a large hot BRAN POULTICE (_see_) to the lower back, and change cold towels over the front of the body where the pain is. Afterwards rub all parts over with hot olive oil, and wipe dry. Take only plain food, oat or wheat-meal porridge, Saltcoats biscuits, etc. Where actual stones are formed, or a tendency to their formation exists, all water drunk should be distilled, or boiled rain water. Where stones are present the heat may be applied to the back, but _no cold in front_. The soft water tends to dissolve the stones, the heat assists in their expulsion from the body. Diet same as in GOUT (_see_). Growth of Body.--See Limb, Saving a. Guaiacum.--This drug is a West Indian gum, and is one of those remedies we are glad to say will do no harm, while in rheumatism and gout it is most beneficial. A teaspoonful of the tincture in a cup of hot water, or one or two of the tabloids now so easily had, may be taken three times a day. Haemorrhage.--See Bleeding; Wounds.