When he came back he laughed and said: “This is the first time in six weeks I’ve gotten up or moved without pain. What in thunder have those little rubber bands to do with lumbago, anyway?” The doctor saw this man before leaving the train two hours afterwards, and the trainman volunteered the information that “so far as the lumbago is concerned I have no more feeling than a fish.” And these results can be duplicated by any one who will study the zone charts (Figures 1 and 2), and apply the simple technic outlined. Naturally, in sciatica, and in articular or joint rheumatism, the results have not been so uniformly favorable. For sciatica may be due to hip joint dislocation. Indeed, one of our most famous bone surgeons claims that all cases of sciatica result from a twist, or subluxation of the hip joint which certainly is not true of those cases cured with a comb, or by electricity, or by some medical measure. In treating sciatica particular attention must be given the “hip area” of the hand on the same side as the sciatica. This means that the palmar surface of the ring and little finger and the palm of the hand on that side, as well as the “edge” of the palm, running up over the top of the hand must be thoroughly “combed.” But the best and most rapid relief for sciatica is usually secured by “attacking” the soles of the feet--using the comb in the same manner and for the same areas as described for the hands. In other words, by manipulating the zones in the feet corresponding to the zones in the hands. Dr. George Starr White, of Los Angeles, California, has invented a mechanical device for this purpose, consisting of a piece of hard wood about five inches in length, cut with deep screw-like threads (see Figures 16 and 18). A heavy, smooth rope is attached to each end of this implement of battle, and the patient uses it with a long, strong pull for five or ten minutes at a time--repeating the maneuver several times daily. Possibly any rough-surfaced, home-made device might give equally good results. In acute articular rheumatism, where there are no gross pathological changes or stiffening in the joints, splendid results have followed the use of combs. It should be remembered that the hip area corresponds with the shoulder on the same side, the knee with the elbow, and the ankle with the wrist, etc., and pain is often overcome more quickly by attacking corresponding parts with pressure or stimulation. One old lady who suffered terribly in the joints of both hands, and who had not been able to sleep for weeks without an opiate, experienced complete relief after a half dozen treatments with the comb over the tips of her fingers and thumb (Fig. 12). And she was able to sleep soundly thereafter without the use of her usual hypnotic.