This class of patients must have the most rigid rest treatment, such as was prescribed by Weir Mitchell years ago. It is most important that the patient should be removed from her old surroundings; if this is not possible, she should be isolated on the top floor of the house with a good nurse. The room selected must be bright and cheerful, with plenty of sunshine and fresh air; a window should be open practically all the time, for oxygen and sunshine are two of the best restoratives. The diet must be easily digested and very nutritious. The patient should be urged not to use her mind at all. Carefully selected short stories may be read aloud by the nurse; the reading should not be continued for more than half an hour at a time. A great deal may be done to eliminate these toxins from the system by the proper use of electric-light baths, followed by the shampoo and the percussion douche; massage with salt water, salt rubs, and electricity. In most cases a month of this absolute rest is as long as is beneficial to the patient. And for most of them the sea-shore is the best. There should be enough going on to be diverting without being overtaxing, and a climate should be selected which is warm enough for the patient to live out-of-doors. There should be short walks, drives, sails, etc., and this outdoor life, with a contemplation of nature, is the most powerful restorative. The grandeur of nature, whether it is the mighty forests, with their refreshing shade and quiet, or even stretched in a hammock watching the sky and trees, or the constant surging of the vast sea, bringing rest in its unceasing restlessness, with the ships sailing lazily along, until the whole fades away in the distant horizon. In the vastness of the universe, the _ego_ becomes contemptibly unimportant and insignificant. After several months spent in this way the body has gotten rid of its toxins, nerves and muscles are rested, and through the soothing influence of nature the neurasthenic is gradually trained back to a healthier habit of thought and a more rational frame of mind. There is substituted for the morbid emotional complex a feeling of pleasure and energy. Reason and judgment reassert their sway; outdoor life quickens the perceptions, and forms tranquilizing memory pictures on the brain that return later to solace and refresh the individual.