DISTRESSED.—Your letter is so well worded, and the description you give us is so concise, that we have little difficulty in telling you what is the cause of your flushings. It is indigestion caused by working too soon after meals. Here is some advice. You say, “I have breakfast from milk and porridge at a quarter to 8 A.M. Then I go by train to school which I reach at 8.30 A.M.” Three-quarters of an hour between sitting down to breakfast and being in the schoolroom! It is not enough. Could not you manage to have your breakfast a little earlier, and to sit down quietly for a quarter of an hour or twenty minutes before leaving to catch your train? As regards your breakfast, though a very nutritious one, it is not over easily digested, and we suggest that while you are troubled with flushings, you should take bread and milk instead of porridge. And with your other meals observe the same precaution of resting a little after each, and also, if you can manage it, take your walk before instead of after lunch. Last, but not least important, look to the state of your teeth. JOSEPHINE.—We have published many answers on chronic catarrh of the nose. It is an exceedingly common affection and one which often causes great discomfort. The reason why people with this complaint can breathe through their noses during the day, but cannot do so at night, is that the upright position prevents the blood from stagnating, whereas in the recumbent posture the mucous membrane of the nose becomes congested and obstructs the passage. Cold in the head is acute catarrh of the nose, and bronchitis is acute catarrh of the air tubes, so it is easy to see why a cough so commonly follows a cold. Acute catarrh very commonly develops during the course of a chronic catarrh, so all your troubles are easily accounted for. Now as to treatment. Get the following powder made up for you:—chlorate of potassium, borax and bicarbonate of sodium, of each one part, and powdered white sugar two parts. Make a lotion by dissolving one teaspoonful of this powder in half a tumblerful of tepid water, and use it three times a day for syringing out your nose. Afterwards apply a solution of menthol, one part, in paroleine, eight parts, to the inside of the nose with an atomiser or spray.