CASE 1. L. A., white male, age thirty-eight, a barber by occupation, consulted me first in the fall of 1894. He was at that time, as he had been for several years, the victim of a most obstinate and intractable form of dyspepsia. He had been a coal miner until forced by ill health to quit that for some lighter occupation. He, however, continued to grow worse until, when coming under my care, he was very much emaciated, weak, nervous, and irritable, his stomach unable to retain any thing save the blandest articles of diet, and those only in small quantities. Treatment was begun by regulating his habits, diet, etc., and putting him on an emulsion of bismuth subnit. and pepsin pur. immediately after eating, and tr. nux vom., hydrochloric acid, and tr. colomba before eating. His condition improved somewhat under this treatment, but only to a limited extent, and it became evident that more efficient measures must be resorted to if we hoped to accomplish permanent good. It had been noted that a meal, however scant, composed mainly of starchy substances was always productive of an acute attack, and acting upon this suggestion extract of malt was added to the remedies he was using, and, to a certain degree, with good effect. He, however, did not go on to complete recovery, but the improvement ceased at a certain point, and in spite of continued treatment with the remedies mentioned his condition remained about stationary. Unable to work, morose, cross, and irritable, existence was a burden to himself as well as family and friends. At this juncture my attention was attracted to Taka-Diastase and a supply was at once procured. The patient was given a number of capsules containing five grains each, with instructions to take one capsule at the beginning of each meal, continuing the bismuth and pepsin mixture as before, immediately after eating. In a very short time improvement was discernable, and from that time was rapid and continuous. The treatment was kept up, with the addition later on of ferruginous and bitter tonics, until there could be no doubt of his complete and permanent restoration to health. He has now been at regular work in the shop for several months, and says that he “never felt better in his life.”