Moreover, this seems to me to be a perfectly easy procedure. If this woman were handed over to me for treatment I should at once place her on an antiseptic diet consisting solely of salads, grated roots, fresh fruits, sour buttermilk and dextrinised cereals. The effect of this diet would be to cleanse and sterilise the entire digestive tract, and thus break up and clear away the soil in which the microbes are living. Supplementary to this cleansing diet other means could be adopted to effect a general purification of the whole body. Thus vapour baths could be used to promote skin action; beverages could be taken morning and night, consisting of distilled water with lemon juice or suitable herbal "teas" to promote free action of the kidneys; and colon-flushing treatment could be used to fully cleanse the colon, or large bowel. By combined treatment of this rational order, I am convinced that this woman would speedily become freed from her unpleasant visitors and would be enabled to return to her relations without, as it were, a stain upon her character. H. VALENTINE KNAGGS. BURIED TALENT COMPETITION. The Editors of _The Healthy Life_ are convinced that there are many men and women who can write well and interestingly on subjects relating to health in its many aspects; and they wish to unearth this talent. They therefore offer a _First Prize_ of _Two Guineas_, a _Second Prize_ of _One Guinea_, and a _Third Prize_ of _Books_ (published at _The Healthy Life_ Office) to the value of Half-a-Guinea, for the best ESSAY, SKETCH or SHORT STORY appropriate to the pages of _The Healthy Life._ Please read the following Conditions carefully:-- CONDITIONS. 1. Each Essay, Short Story, or Sketch must contain _not less than 1000 words_, and _not more than 2000 words._ 2. Each Essay, Short Story, or Sketch must be written (or typed) on one side of the paper only, leaving at least one inch of margin on which each 100 words must be indicated in figures. 3. Each attempt must be accompanied by the front cover (or top part of cover showing date) of either the December or January numbers. (Where more than one MS. is sent in by one contributor, extra covers in proportion must be enclosed.) 4. The full name and address of the competitor must be written at the foot of last page, in addition to the competitor's _nom de plume_ (if any). 5. All Essays, Short Stories or Sketches must be sent in not later than the 31st of January 1914, addressed _Buried Talent_, _The Healthy Life_, 3 Tudor Street, London, E.C. 6. No one who is at present, or has ever been, a regular contributor to _The Healthy Life_ is eligible for a prize. 7. The Editors reserve the right to publish any contribution sent in under this Competition. 8. The decision of the Editors will be final and no correspondence can be entered into with unsuccessful competitors.