Some perfectly amazing results have been reported from the comb method of treatment, particularly in lumbago. One case, a minister who, for weeks, had been unable even to turn in bed without assistance, was, after a twenty-minute treatment, able to arise and walk unaided. He was entirely relieved of pain and discomfort within a few hours, and the next day was “up and around.” Relief almost always follows the first treatment, apparently irrespective as to the cause of the lumbago. I recall a recent case which had persisted for more than three months. This gentleman had taken practically every form of treatment that could be recommended by the most able specialists, had even been to Hot Springs, without any except transient benefit. He was bent almost double, and for many weeks had not been able to stand erect. This patient was given two aluminum combs and told to squeeze them for ten or fifteen minutes, while waiting in the ante-room. After being brought into the office, his hands were thoroly “combed” by pressure, from finger tip to wrist. He straightened out completely after this first treatment, and expressed himself as entirely relieved from pain. He received a similar treatment the following day--after which he went his way rejoicing. These results are practically uniform. I know of many scores of patients thus cured with a comb. Sometimes equally good results follow from fastening hollowed-out spring clothespins on the tips of the fingers (Fig. 13), corresponding to the zones in which the lumbago holds forth. Or even from binding heavy bands around these fingers (Fig. 5)--leaving these in position five or ten minutes at a time--unless the finger becomes badly discolored sooner, in which case the pressure must be temporarily removed. One zone therapy enthusiast, who claims that “Treat It By Zone Therapy” should be hung in every doctor’s office, while on a pilgrimage to a Shriners’ Convention, noticed that the conductor of the train walked “all doubled up” and seemed to be suffering great pain. It developed that the railroad man had a “misery in his back,” had given up work, and had been in a sanitarium for three weeks--without obtaining much relief--and also that for the three days prior to his resuming work, he had not been able to “straighten up,” nor make any sudden move, without suffering excruciatingly. He was invited to come into the smoking compartment for a few minutes, where the doctor put rubber bands on the thumb and forefinger of each of the trainman’s hands, and at the same time made firm pressure with his thumb-nails on these ligatured fingers. The conductor was not informed of the purpose of this procedure, so his imagination had nothing to work on. After holding his fingers in this manner for about ten minutes the whistle blew, and the conductor had suddenly to leave his chair. He straightened up and went out “on the run.”