In chronic rheumatism it is not necessary to use the baths daily. Two or three times a week is quite sufficient. Indeed, the daily use of strong currents, as employed here, might in some instances be productive of evil rather than good. Although transient benefit may be experienced from a few baths—sometimes even from one bath, permanent progressive improvement need never be looked for from less than about a month’s treatment—more or less, according to the nature etc. of the case. I regret that I have no cases of acute rheumatism to offer. As a rule, a person suffering from this disease is not in a condition to leave the house; and in the cases that have occurred to me in private practice, the difficulty of introducing an electric bath at the patient’s residence has been in every instance sufficiently great to induce me to forego this plan of treatment. While I have thus had frequent occasion here to employ local electrization, I have had but one case of acute rheumatism where I had the opportunity to employ the baths. The local symptoms in this case being limited to one arm and shoulder, the patient was enabled to locomote, and thus became an office-patient. At present the case is still under treatment; and although the results thus far have been eminently satisfactory, it would yet be premature to cite it before I shall be able to state the final result.[12] CASE I.*[13]—SUBACUTE RHEUMATISM. Mr. F., from the _clientele_ of Dr. Alexander Murray, about 32 years of age, of robust appearance, large, vigorous frame, had an attack of acute inflammatory rheumatism in the spring of 1873, from which he recovered in a short time. In the winter of 1874 he experienced a second attack, for which he had had treatment for about two months prior to coming under Dr. M.’s care. After treating him by other methods, including local galvanic applications to the affected parts (joints as well as muscles were involved) for two weeks, Dr. M. sent patient to take electric baths. On May 25th Mr. F. was brought in a carriage. He was unable to walk; had to be assisted up the steps by two attendants. His arms were in a scarcely better condition, the wrist joints especially being exceedingly tender and painful. The first and second baths, administered respectively on May 25th and 29th, did not effect much change in his condition. The third bath was taken May 30th, with the happiest results. On June 1st patient was able to come for his fourth bath alone and on foot, and thenceforth his recovery was very rapid. The seventh bath, taken June 7th, left him perfectly cured, not a trace of the disease remaining. He has been free from rheumatism since. In the first three baths the galvanic current was employed exclusively, the muscles and tendons being in too tender a condition to bear the contractions induced by the faradic current. In the subsequent