The pleasant associations which group themselves around a _happy home_ are an important element in the treatment of diseases which, like these, are so intimately connected with the mind and nervous system. It will not do heedlessly to throw such advantages away. When the home _is_ pleasant, and rest can there be had, the patient, in the majority of instances, will do well to abide there. But when this is not the case, for any reason, be it domestic infelicities, in which the husband has a share,--be it disagreeable relatives, or importunate and tedious visitors,--then the sooner such a mental weight is removed or avoided the better. The _diet_ is a very common subject of error. It is popularly supposed that everybody who is weak should eat a 'strengthening' diet,--meat three times a day,--eggs, ale, and beef-tea to any extent. This is a great error. Frequently such a diet has just the contrary effect from what is expected. The patient becomes dyspeptic, nervous, and more debilitated than ever. The rule is, that only that diet is strengthening which is thoroughly digested, and taken up in the system. Frequently, we may say in the majority of cases, a small amount of animal food, especially game, fowls, fish, and soups, with fresh vegetables, and ripe fruits, will be far more invigorating than heavier foods. Pastry, cakes, and confectionery should be discarded, and great regularity in the hours of meals observed. Stimulants of all kinds are, as a rule, unnecessary, and highly spiced food is to be avoided. There is an old German proverb which says, 'Pepper helps a man on his horse, and a woman to her grave.' This is much too strong; but we may avail ourselves, in this connection, of the grain of truth that it contains. _Cleanliness_, in its widest sense, is an important element in the treatment. Not only should the whole surface of the body be thoroughly washed several times a week, but the whole person should be _soaked_ by remaining in the water for an hour or more. This has an excellent effect, and is far from unpleasant. It was regarded in the days of ancient Rome as such a delightful luxury, and such a necessity, indeed, that every municipality erected public bathing establishments, with furnaces to heat the water to such a temperature that persons could remain in it for several hours without inconvenience. The use of public baths is almost unknown in this country; but, in place of them, every modern house of even moderate pretensions has its own bath-room, so that the custom of cleanliness might appear to be hardly less general among all classes than in old Rome.