Many asthmatics are comparatively comfortable during the day, the attacks coming on toward evening or during the night. In this case, the evening meal should be light and easily digested, the heavy meal being taken at noon. Hot stuffy rooms increase the disorder and plenty of fresh air should be secured both by night and by day. Many of these individuals make no exertion, fearing to bring on an attack. Exercise, particularly of the lungs in breathing, should be gradual at first and be increased as improvement is shown. Exercises directed to expansion of the deeper cells of the lungs and to equalize the circulation throughout the entire system will call the excess of blood from the bronchial tubes and in many cases will cause the difficulty to disappear. A forceful, equalized circulation, with regulation of digestion, will do more for asthma than any known agency. [Sidenote: Tuberculosis] Derangements in digestion, common in this affection, are due to several conditions. The increased temperature is caused by the efforts of the system to counteract the poisons produced by the action of the bacillus. The increase in temperature in the stomach lessens the secretions and the peristaltic action, causing the food to ferment and to be vomited or to pass practically undigested into the intestine, thus throwing an excess of work on the intestinal secretions. The bacilli-laden sputum, if swallowed, is apt to produce disorders of the stomach. This still further complicates the question of digestion. Malnutrition, because of these derangements, increases the unfavorable outlook for the patient in this disease. Hence the diet, especially in chronic cases, is of great importance. When means are ample, the question is much simplified, because by travel, change of scene, and pleasant surroundings the appetite is stimulated and greater variety in the diet can be gained. For those in moderate circumstances, save when free sanatoriums exist for the care of the tuberculous, it is most difficult to keep the diet from becoming monotonous and wearisome. The appetite, especially in young people, is apt to be capricious, and it is important that the food be served daintily to tempt the patient to eat. Growing children crave sweets and as these furnish energy they may be allowed to tuberculous children, in moderation, if they seem to be well assimilated. Any interference with digestion, however, must be guarded against. It is better to give food in smaller quantities and oftener in order to guard against disturbed digestion from overloading the stomach. For this reason also it is better to give the heartiest food during the forenoon when the temperature is lowest. Milk, butter, cream, olive oil, bacon, and cod-liver oil furnish the fat needed by the system in the most easily digested form and should be taken freely, if there is no irritation in the stomach which will prevent their assimilation. Variation in their use will often secure greater tolerance.