She was a woman about thirty-five years old, well nourished and apparently healthy, apart from a large swelling in the front of the neck. Manifestly the thyroid and other glands had become enlarged through some unknown inflammatory cause. She was suffering great pain. The slightest touch caused agony. Swallowing was impossible. Not even a drop of water had passed down her throat since the preceding Friday night. This was Wednesday night. A healthy human being can exist from seven to ten days without water. This woman had been without water for five days, suffering mental and physical torture. Her physician insisted, as the only means of saving her life, that an operation be performed at once. The half dozen or more physicians who had been called in consultation concurred in this. There was nothing left but to perform an intubation--the insertion of a tube in the gullet, through which water and food might be passed, pending some possible measure of relief. The heart was racing along at one hundred and fifty beats a minute, and there were all the peculiar symptoms usually associated with thyroid disturbances. Inasmuch as the whole trouble had developed in a week, it was most unlikely that the condition was goitrous. As it was probable that the trouble was associated with the thyroid, a physician present decided to try zone therapy, because it could be applied instantly, and promised immediate results if successful. Calling one of the dentists to make strong pressure over the first joint of one thumb, the doctor grasped the other thumb. This simple, apparently foolish, treatment was maintained for three minutes. The patient began to show signs of relief. The drawn lines on her face softened. She could bear without shrinking the touch on her neck. The doctor sent for a glass of water, and held it to the patient’s lips. She took a sip of water, which she swallowed with much difficulty and pain--the first drop in five days. “It is the most delicious thing I ever tasted,” she whispered. She was able to swallow about a third of a glass upon her first attempt. The pressures were continued intermittently for about an hour, and within that time she was able to drink four glasses of water and a glass of malted milk. A light rubber band was placed over her thumb joints, as shown in Fig. 5, and she enjoyed her first night’s sleep since the inflammation had developed. The next morning she reported that she was almost entirely relieved. The swelling was hardly perceptible, and she could bear reasonable pressure over the glands without discomfort. She had no difficulty in swallowing. In a few days she was fully recovered, and has had no return of the trouble.