Occasionally the use of the metal comb on the back of the hand, “combing” thoroly the region of the thumb, first and second fingers as far as to the wrists--has given best results. But the tongue pressures are most uniformly successful. While I have seldom heard of a miscarriage being induced by these pressures, yet I believe a note of warning should be sounded, cautioning against the use of the tongue pressures, particularly during the early months of pregnancy. For it is quite conceivable that abortion might follow drastic tongue treatment. It would be far better during these months to depend upon the finger pressures or the comb for treatment of these zones. Also, if there is a too-profuse and too-frequent menstruation, severe tongue pressures should be avoided. In these conditions gentle stroking on the backs of the hands with a wire hair brush or the teeth of the metal comb has given best results. And this same procedure may be confidently resorted to to prevent threatened abortion. While not confined to women, yet women are by far more generally afflicted with constipation and hemorrhoids than are men. Their sedentary habits, tight lacing, and repugnance to water drinking make them peculiarly susceptible to the costive habit--which in turn, through engorgement of the hemorrhoidal veins, causes piles. I mention these subjects here because the treatment for constipation and hemorrhoids is identical with that given for painful or suppressed menstruation. The results in constipation are, in some instances, absolutely astonishing. I know of one woman, constipated for fifteen years, who never knew what it meant to have a natural movement of the bowels. She grasped the chair seat with the tips of her fingers and thumbs, putting all her strength into this grip--so as partly to desensitize the pain of tongue pressure, and thereby be able to stand a more drastic treatment. Then the tongue was firmly pressed for nine minutes in the manner before described. Her bowels moved within fifteen minutes afterwards, and for a year or longer she has never had to take another cathartic. Another case was cleared up two years ago, and has had no return of the former trouble. These, however, are the extraordinary and exceptional cases. For routine treatment it may be well to use the pressures for a considerable period of time, so that their stimulating effect may tend to create a “habit” in the peristaltic muscles of the bowel. For the cure cannot be considered complete until this “habit” is firmly established. The pain, bleeding and swelling of piles is also helped by these same procedures.