1st: Send the child away. A change of scene and climate will sometimes work like a charm in these cases, and will, after a reasonable length of time, establish a permanently good appetite. 2nd: If this is not possible, as sometimes it may not be with poor patients, then we can give the child suitable tonics. OVEREATING.--The large majority of individuals eat too much. Most of us would enjoy better health, better spirits, and greater efficiency if we consumed from one-third to one-half less food than we habitually do. Every living organism requires a certain amount of nourishment according to the work performed and to replenish wear and tear; when food is supplied in excess, the system cannot utilize it, but it is compelled to rid itself of the excess in some way. The work involved in this eliminating process is exceedingly detrimental to the various organs and to the individual. To overeat is to overwork, and to overwork a machine or an animal is not only poor economy but bad judgment. If the digestive apparatus is required to work overtime, it is a self-evident assumption that the various organs will not digest efficiently the food necessary for ordinary existence. If the necessary nourishment is not adequately digested, the general health will suffer as a consequence. If the general health is below standard the individual will not be competent to carry on the requirements of a normal, healthy life. We must, however, give some thought to the effect which the excess of food exerts upon the human machine.