The safest mode of procedure in facial neuralgia, is to take an aperient pill, and the best for this purpose is the compound assafœtida, to be followed every four hours by a pill containing two grains of quinine for twenty-four hours; and during the second day, twenty grains of carbonate of iron in a little water, at the same periods, for the same time. Should the pain be unabated on the third day, either a couple of leeches are to be applied as near the seat of pain as possible, or a mustard and flour poultice, kept on for half an hour, with a glass of wine every four hours, and twenty to thirty drops of laudanum at bed-time, in conjunction with one or two assafœtida pills. Should these remedies fail of effect, the conjoined systems may then be adopted, and the following mixture and powders given as directed. Take of Carbonate of Ammonia 25 grains. Dover’s Powder 40 grains. Camphor Water 6 ounces. Spirits of Ether 1 drachm. Mix. Two table-spoonfuls every four hours. Take of Carbonate of Iron 2 drachms. Quinine 12 grains. Dry Carbonate of Soda 20 grains. Mix, and divide into six powders, one to be taken in jelly or water an hour after each dose of the mixture. At the same time, apply a small blister behind the ear of the part affected. In some constitutions, it is necessary to resort to extreme doses, both of sedatives and stimulants, before any mitigation of the tormenting pain can be effected; and then it is necessary to give opium, rather in regard to the effect desired than with any reference to its conventional dose, and administer wine out of goblets, rather than in glasses. Such cases are unfortunately by no means rare, but they are such that no suffering should induce a patient to adopt on his own responsibility, and unsanctioned by a medical man. Electricity and galvanism have been so often employed for empirical purposes, and many, only partially informed of their real efficacy, are prejudiced against their use as health-restoring agents: it has therefore been thought advisable to give the medical routine of cure before pointing out a safe, easy, and very admirable remedial agent in the electro-galvanic chain, a small portable battery, that can be worn on any part of the body, and which, by keeping up a constant galvanic wave through the affected nerve, acts as a sedative, by equalizing the nervous current, and often affording relief where all other means have failed to effect a moment’s cessation of pain. The electro-galvanic chains, manufactured and invented by Pulvermacher, may be applied in any stage or in any kind of neuralgic pain, always with safety and relief, and in many cases with permanent cure. LUMBAGO.