The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 10, 1901, Page 7

THE SUNDAY CALL. T with mild matter, nth’s Raln= He rim of may he thumped his hand down on the table, scattering asites in all directions, and raved he relevancy of the inquiry is not ap- me, young woman!” fixing me e through his glasses, know.” 1 stai offended you. he spoke more nness of your moment from said, carefully jarasites and *Doubtless n authoress mered, ** His uery perec colle blow you but the words rough me. “Oh athlessly, com- i leaning my arm on 1 think 1 ever possibly he glass of the round youthful face nd widely opened into the fierce tacle he sald, “Raw Inexperience proprieties of ex- n of literary ind"'—conte: ith grim de- tha the seed wa sown. From ed with but one on to an editor. If my ich Mr. Grud- great deal) was how much at impression likely to be with my genius? (of which tly thought nothing at he journals to d scientific need to e« an {llustrated with the edit the Firefly, a " with a pecullar dia- as it invariably rejected the comforting plea of space.” From this I learned young and good- spoke for itselt ther toward the he prosaic side of life, was Kee se of humor (there 1d the mouth de- ve all, had a tre- recognizing latent looking for! The iined, my future But how obtain 1t? d in knowledge d have 1l that to the offi 2 t T might rview with the editor, polite or oth- something ual, My commonplace concealed beneath fascina g exterior n must be casual, not that suggest: eller, a sis- per, an es- turn com- w upon, too remotely hideous for Finally, 1 posed before s as a flower girl in the last stage of destitution and my mind in e assistan moment. of the milk boy I house one morning a profusion of spring blossoms. (Save for purposes of botanical research flowers were severely condemned by Uncle Rob- voted the rest of the day to my make. —the before-mentioned pose had been im- That difficulty surmounted, I de- 4D promptu merely; the final design was the result verish deliberation and pro- found th I selected for my purpose an old green frock which 1 had considerably outgrown. s was an advantage, my feet being pretty. To this garment I de- voted my attention for several hours, in order to reduce it to a natural appearance idation. I tipped the contents of and on it by way of a begin- t the effect on the fabric was s perceptible as might have been Some applications of French king were more successful, but a ure of Uncle Robert's for removing answered the purpose better than g A few dabs of this brought sbout a condition of the sere and yellow leat with astonishing rapidity. With some ishing touches, In the shape of candle ngs and jagged tears in conspicuous places, that part of the costume was complete. The hat was an easy matter. With some rusty black velvet and some wire and cardboard, 1 wove a creation of the Buffalo Bill-Gainsborough type, which did not detract from the general effect of destitution, and yet was ideally pictur- When all was complete and 1 had donned my toilette of rags, I stood before the glass with unmitigated satistaction. I had a strong artistic perception, and I could not help seeing how well the dingy dress threw up my pink and white color- ing, and how the laurge hat tilted back from my forehead became my young, round face. 1 slung my basket with its burden of yellow, cream and purple over my shoulder, and as I formed my red lips into an expression of plaintive sadness and shook forward my hair in a golden shower over the sprays of daffodils and violets and starry narcisst I felt a modest conviction that I should be an object of interest to any editor of taste. Already I saw myself on the highest pinnacle of fame, and visions of philanthropic pa- tronage I should then extend to Mr. might encounter Mr. Grudder or some other undesirable person; but no such fatality occurred, and, as 1 had muffled myself and my basket In a shawl, I es- caped observation of any kind. Once ar- rived at the Strand, however, T cast oft this disgulse and arranged myself before a glass in a jeweler's window. The omices of the Firefly were in George street. I was not quite sure where this was, but I knew it was in the immediate vicinity, and, as I had plenty of time, I asked no ene, but threaded my way along the crowded pavement, leis- urely observant. Before I had gone a few paces “How much a bunch, Miss?’ struck upon my ears, and a man's face, hideous and fat, was leering into mine. “Two-pence,”” I said meckanically, thrusting some narcisei into his horrible hand. “Couldn’t you throw a kiss in?"* he sald, grasping my wrist. But I shook him off, and went hastily on without waiting for the money. The next minute another customer as sailed me. This time it was a good look- ing young fellow of the ‘“‘masher” type, and implored me to go home if I had a home to go to. There was some(hlnfi magnetic about her eyes, and although tried hard to chronicle a lie to satisfy her, I felt that I was giving way and that in another moment I should meekly di- vulge everything and be conveyed home by her, like a lost lamb, in a cab. To avert this disaster I took safety in fiight, but her eyes haunted me and 1 secmed to hear her footsteps following me. I turned round nervously and found that I had not been deceived as to the footsteps, but they were not those of the pale-faced Madonna. They were the heavier ones of the brawny flower seller, who had been joined by another fatter and brawnier than herseif, and both were dogging me breathlessly, but pertinacious- 1¥, and keeping up a running commentary of abuse. “Kim on, Sal, down't lose soight of ’er if yer busts yerself, we'll ‘ave th' peelers orn 'er if we drorps for it. Yer ain’t blaowed yet, are yer? Wota pity Liz ain't ‘ere. She’d ha' tripped 'er boy th’ 'eels, Liz 'ud, in naow toime. There she is! the stuck up, whoite livered biby ficed chit! Keep hup, Sal!” | 5 “Of'm keepin' hup, ain’t Oi? Of carn’t do more nor Of can. It's yur beat, but we're pals in this. 'Ullo! there's Liz! 'Ere, Liz; kim ‘ere! 'Ere’s a pisty-ficed The Next NMoment I Was Carried Off My Feet, in the Literal Sense of the Words, Grudder floated through my mind. Robert always away in the 1 had no difficulty in slipping house soon after six. I had ascertained from the magazine article that the editor of Firefly was in the habit of leaving his office at half-past seven precisely, and it was my intention to be in waiting for him at that hour. I had rechearsed the scene several times. He would come down the steps quickly—a tall, manly figure with a dark mustache and dreamy eyes. At first he would not see me, as 1 should be crouched in the shadow. Then I should rise up charged with daffodils and an expression of wild despair—I had decided on an extremely tragic pose as the most effective—and he would be spellbound with admiration. I was sufficiently acquainted with the as- pect of the ordinary flower-seller to know that I had struck an original line. He would buy my flowers, and as I pinned them in his coat, upon which at- tention I relied to afford an opportunity for conversation, he would murmur a re- spectful comment on my misery and place Limself sympathetically at my service; [ had my best story in my pocket, and the rest would be easy. I took my seat in the omnibus with some trepidation. I was afrald least I Unel whose candid admiration * not terrify me, although I crushed un aercifully his feeble remarks upon the weather. Soon customers poured in plentifully. At first I treated one and all alike with a cool, business-like alr. But after a while I for- got my shyness, the humor of the expedi- tion took possession of me, and it oc- curred to me that I might as well rehearse a few of the glances which I Intended for the benefit of the “Firefly editor later on. This T ald with such effect that before I knew where I was 1 was having a sort of triumphal progress down the Strand, doing a roaring trade and putting up my prices from desperate necessity every moment for fear I should reach Georze street with an empty basket. My trade was excluslvely with the male sex, women for the most part eying me with scorn and passing by on the other side. With the exception of one brawny female, a rival flower seller, who dug me aggres- sively with her elbow as I distributed vio- lets at a shilling & bunch, smiling viva- clously the while, to a party of young medicals. The only other of my own sex who ac- costed me was a pale, sad-eyed woman in black, with a face like a Madonna. who swept up to me and clarped my hands by a Resounding Slap on the Face From the Tawny-Haired Girl. kid bin sellin’ on owld Pawlly's beat. See ar! there she is. Ketch 'er hup. Of'm one." I looked wildly around. One woman had sunk exhausted on the curb, but the other was upon me, and a third, a wiry-looking girl with a tawny fringe dipping into her eyes and some draggled wall-flowers in her hand, darted toward me from the road. Desperately I dived between the passers- by and fled down a side street, but the tawny-fringed girl was on me in a mo- ment and had grabbed me by the arm. I struggled to free myself, but I was like a baby in her hands, and she held me pinned against the wall. “Naow, then, wot's th’ raow?" she said. as the other woman arrived on the scene, followed shortly after by the swaying form of Sal, gasping but triumphant at my capture. “Raow?’ shrieked the first woman, hoarsely, her huge visage purple with ex- citement and rage. “Woy, Oi ain't took a braown all this blessed noight: "Cos woy ? 'Cos all the torfs 'ad gordens on 'em, and didn’t worn't no more. Stroike me bloind if O1 could moike it out! Then Oi see a narb, one as 'as ’'ad his gorden reg'ler from me ever since 'e come to taown with toolips—enuff on ‘'im ter trim a ‘earse. An’' 'e shikes 'is 'ead and woives me awy, an’ ‘e ses, ‘Corn't patronoize your sort with smart little torts lotke that abaht, ses 'e, an' 'e chucks 'is oye over 'is shoulder, an’ then Of sees this 'uzzy with ‘er grand 'at an’ 'er 'igh eels, with a craowd o' torfs rahnd 'er an’ smoilin’ hup in their fices an’ loidlin’ in th’ tin as if she aidn’t worn't it! “Orf a craown—fer a bunch o’ violets! Wot do yer sy ter that?" broke in Sal be- tween gasping pants. “Nacw, then, young chit,” sald my cap- tor, grinning at me derisivel pping her fingers close to my fac up, what do yer sy fer yerself The sudden onslaught had at first par- alyzed my senses and I was trembiing in every limb, but the tawny fringed girl's insolent derision woke up my spirit. I had an added stimulus, too, in the crowd, which had by-this time assembled around us, sattracted by the commotion and the shrieking voices of the women. “I have as much right to earn an hon- est living as vou have,” I began in a dig- nified tone, “‘and I consider your language and your ‘behavior a disgrace to your ex. ‘‘’Ear, 'ear!” sald a voice from the crowd. “‘Go it, little 'un, let 'em ’ave it!" “This is a free ‘country,” I went on, mere boldlyy encouraged by this applause, “‘and if my flowers command better prices than yours it is only a proof of their su- perior freshpess and beauty”—here I cast a withering glance at the bedraggled wall- flowers of the tawny-haired girl who was standing close to me, regarding me with a pecullarly enigmatic expression—Possi- bly also,” I continued, fairly carried oft my feet by my own eloquence, “by my su- perfor attraction as a saleswoman. The next moment I was carried off my feet in the literal sense of the words by a resounding slap on the face from the tawny-haired girl. Even at this distance of time I can re- call vividly the effect of that slap upon me. It was as if every sleeping devil within me were roused into fury. Every spark of dignity, all sense of the place and the part I was playing deserted me, and without the pause of a second I truck back with ail the strength I pos- sessed. It was the signal for general combat. Polly and the tawny-haired girl fell on me tooth and nail; the man who had thrown me the encouraging comment harried them in the rear. A vendor of matches, seizing the opportunity to settle a private grievance, struck out at Sal, and the medicals who had joined the crowd, un- gercelvod by me, attacked everybody in- iscriminately. The noise and uproar were indescriba- ble, and In the midst was I, struggling feebly in the grasp of the two virago all my strength departed in that one reck- less blow of retaliation, my hat smashed over my eyes, my face scratched and bleeding, and my mind beginning to realize in all its Intensity the horror and disgrace of my position. It seemed to me as if I had passed years tossed hither and thither in the howling turmofl. In reality but a few moments could have elapsed from the commence- ment of the fray when 1 discerned the fig- ure of a policeman striding rapidly round the corner and behind him—horror! thrice horror!—the form of Uncle Robert peer- ing curiously to see the cause of the com- motion! I waited for no more. With a super- human effort, born of sheer frantic terror, 1 tore my way through defenders and antagonists alike, bolted down the street as on wings of the wind and _headlong through an open doorway, the first point of refuge which presented itself to me. A dim gaslight revealed a flight of stairs, up which I sprang, without pause for breath, and finally dashed into a room on the first landing, where a broad shouldered man sat with his back toward me ieaning over some papers at a desk. He turned his head sharply at my tu- multuous entrance. *‘Good heavens!" he exclaimed, rising quickly with undis- guised amazement. “What on earth’s the matter?” I tried to answer, but as I met his as- tonished gaze the words fell away from my lips. I knew that face witn the hair curling erisply on the temples and the lurking lines of humor round the straight mouth. It was the editor! The sickening conviction had hardly formed itself when, as if to add the last drop to my cup of desolation, I saw my- self reflected in a mirrorwpposite. Great heavens! the aspect I presented! My hat, a revolting mass of starting wire and cardboard, hung in two detachments, the crown rakishly over my ear, the brim round my neck, scraiches of all dimen- sions, some bleeding freely, decorated my face 'and hands, one cve was swelllng rapidly and my dress, rendered probably less able to bear the s‘rain to which It had been subjected by reason of the ap- plication of the wart tincture, was liter- ally dropping from me pielemesl. Of flowers I had none with the exception of one daffodil with a long stalk, which somehow or other had become entangled in my fringe, in which position it stood erect and gave the finishing stroke to my appearance. I think I can without shame confess that at this supreme moment my self- control gave way and I “fainted In colls.” That is to say, I went through all the preliminaries of that proceeding and had actuaily executed one coil when a lignt tap came at the door, and I heard a volce say, “If you please, sir, Professor Rowan would like to see you." The next moment | had regained the perpendicular with supernatural rapidity, precipitated myself upon the editor's breast and fmplored him to succor, help and hide me. “My de ild. for zoodness’ sake be calm; dor y like that,” said the editor, alternately administcring soothing pats on my back and searching for restora- tives. “It's all right; nobod coming in nobody shall come in. Tell him to c the devil!” he shouted over his shoulder to the clerk who stood diffidentiy in doorway. “That is, tell him I'll be r for him in balf an hour if he'll call aga I'm engaged now. Now what has hap Ppened? Tell me all about it.” he continued. as the clerk retreated, dragging up an easy chair and putting me gently into it. But I was dumb. All my senses were strained listening to the sound of foot- steps outside, unmistzkably Uncle Rob- ert’s. They passed the door to my unut- terable reifef cnd went on slowly down ved. 5 y." 8 the editor, reconnoi- g through the door. he won't come back?" Not for half an hour at rate,” ith conviction. ““H a harmless old gentleman, thou sure you. Now tell me what” Lean back—why, you're trembli ail over. Who's been hurting you like eh? The editor’s voice was sympathetic, his eyes were full of kind concern and bis mouth ject of my plunged me e “It's—all a f-ailure,” I said, jerking out the words between my sobs, “and it's all ~—that—horrible girl's fault. What's a failure and what girl>" ‘“‘Her n-ame —Liz—and, ar 1 stopped, ¢ T “Was she a nd of yours?” said the editor, gently helping me on. “Friend!” I sat up, my indignatl porarily submerging my emotic a perfectly hateful person, with dyed | and red hands, and she slapped my face “Indeed.” murmured the editor, and was not sure of his mouth this t most unwarraptable proceeding, certain Wha was the provocation?” -quite tr—true—then."” ) course, but in view of her mu: riority wouldn't it have been rve the opinion diate neces- hey were all There were othe en, besides ¢ you mentioned? ‘There were hundreds—all vaiting. ing and Dear me! What for?” “For me to explain why I'd beeg s-sell- ing flowers on other—people’s b—beat “Oh! “I d—didn’t know. I thought anybody could sell flow ywhere." Then flower not your usual vocation, 1 presume lere was a de- cided tinge of curiosity in the editor’s tone and he was looking at me very hard. —no. 1 belong to res—res— pectable family at am'"—I braced “an authoress.” n authoress!" Yes, and my stories are turned, and somebody per- sonal introduction to an editor might be a help, and it terview that you were romantic and that you left the office at 7 o'clock, and so I—I dressed up, and I as meant to appeal to your artistic t— Here 1 caught a side vie mirror and coilaps~d again. “But you met with some-of the real a ticle on the way. By jove!" said the ed tor, turning to his desk, and there was no doubt about his mouth this time. He was simply roaring. I felt as !f I should like the floor to open and swallow me up. I'll g—go now,” I said, standing up. 'No, don’t,” id the editor, swi “Where's the MS.?" At another moment my heart would have throbbed with tumuituous happiness at the question, but that image in the looking-glass was too present to me. No genius could stand against such odds as that. Besides, the event of the evening had somehow modified my sense of & nius. I searched amid my rags and hand- ed him the MS. for which I had bra and suffered so much. Then I stood s lently by and resignedly awaited my con- demnation. . The editor sat down at his desk turned over the leaves as if he were ri ning his eye down a catalc . rude— grammar might be worse—construetion atrocious,” I heard him muttering to him- self. Then, as he approached the enc “But you've got imagination,” ald, turning to me, “and that's thing, all the rest will com: ¥ thing you've written, and don't write ar thing more for six years. Read. Then try your hand at a nov You'll do better with something longer—in six yean did, and it ran into a second edit turned over the last pas: Rowan!" he exclaimed, swooping ¢ on the name and address—Ah!—I begin to understand.” ““You won't betray me.” I said, and the alr seemed tense with the solemnity of my appeal. The editor came close to me and put his band softly on m oulder! “My dear little girl” he said. looking straight into my eyes. and he was serious enough, now, “I wouldn't betray you for all the world.” After_that I told him everything. He knew Uncle Robert, it seemed, quite well, and he was starting a new azine, and Uncle was going to contribute the science articles, and the editor had appointed that evening to arrange about the illus- trations “He’s nearly due again now.” concluded the editor, “'so 1 think I'd better put you into a cab to avoid a collisi he could not h: been more k considerate if 1 had appealed to his tistic taste. “I shall get Professor Row n to invite me to din he said smiling as he held my hand through the window of the four wheeler, “and give me a per- sonal introduction to his niece.” He was as good as his word. Only a fortnight wards, as I was sitting at the window in the evening, up dashed a hansom with Uncle Robert and George— “1 s you've let the cat out of the bag now, d my husband who had been looking over my shoulder the last ten minute: “Have 1?7 How?—Oh, I see—T'll cross it out.” “Don’t do anything of the kind, Kitty,"™ sald George decisively, “that's just the sort of ending editors’ like. TION, TREATMENT AND CURE OF SEASICKNES between this port acquired and transmarine essions, has made seas!ck: of littie p feal impc our attem to investigat morbid symptoms ge ed seasickness, mal de mer, or nausea marina, we find that s almost without a consecu- dica bibliography. « While it is Hippocrates, Galen and a few medical writers alluded to y way, it is quite safe to s malady was never thor- ized by them. Should we proof that this affiiction was quite sagreeable and quite as much days of yore as at pres- v recall the misfortunes of r tin d Cicero, whd, when worn ed by his sufferings, de- nto the hands of his as- n suffer again the hor- Although an exceed- le affiction to be endured time, there is much ion that its dis- ten, and that It d with fatal re- g from its most dis- = its victim is ready to that e him to make another he would gladly give a of sea for an acre of yet a few days on sagrecable experiences a desulto; ser th kness, gators have given bie information and many fons. 1, there is much mysterious yet to be explained. phenomena involved are eom- - understood is evident when ¢ it has not even been ex- d why a few favored mortals should mal de mer, or why a er of equally robust never be able to travel ribute to Neptune. Again ould be made 1ll by ship caused by a who are proof succumb to a notion. It is also wh old and g men, who have on deep-water ships, and enjoyed perfect ress in spite of bad surroundings, should become horribly sick during a lit- tle smooth-water sailing on a comfortable pleasure yacht. In seasickness, as in many other functional disturbances of the nervous system, a mysterious influence commonly called individual. susceptibility must play a very prominent role, and must account, at least in part, for the many and varied manifestations appar- ently proceeding from & common cause. In their relations to seasickness indi- viduals may be divided into three cate- gorles—those who never suffer from the malady, of whom there are not more than 3 per cent: another group includes those who suffer almost constantly and never lose their eusceptibility, about 4 per cent; then there are those who are sick for a few hours at the beginning of a voyage but finally become accustomed to the mo- tion of the ship and finish their journey in comfort—unless the sea should become unusually rough or the motion of the ship change materially. As an example of those who never quite overcome this pe- culiar susceptibility I shall mention the experience of an unusually robust man, who, having sailed the seas for more than fitty years, assured me that, while mas- ter of a/steamship sailing between this port and Panama, more than eighteen years, he never left port without being geasick for at least twenty minutes. An experience gained during many years of observation while voyaging over many seas—a total distance of not less than 900,000 nautical miles—convinced me that thcee who “rejoiced in their strength™ were quite as susceptible as those who bad far less strength or endurance. DURATION. In making an estimate of this kind the weather, surroundings and susceptibility of the patient myst be considered. From one hour to three days may be considered & fair average, although some travelers are never entirely free from some dis- agreeable symptoms, even during long voyages. Prognosi: Seasickness has never, in my opinion, caused the death of &n Individual free from organic disease. TREATMENT. The treatment of seasickness is beset by more than the average number of ob- gtacles, peculiar difficulties and complica- tions. It is usual for good sailors to urge those less fortunate to exercise courage and force of will, but the absolute power of “mind over matter” is not exemplified during a storm at sea. Preventive treatment was advised by Scientific Discussion by Milan Soule, SurgeonS. S. Sierra several anclent medical writers. As an example, Rabelais thus describes the pre- parations for a voyage to be made by Pantagruel and his followers, viz.: “After prayers a melodious psalm, then a feast; then all drank; they drank to all, which was the cause that none of the whole company gave up what they had eaten, nor were seasick with a pain at the head and stomach, which inconveniency they could not so easily have prevented by drinking for some time before salt water, either alone or mixed with wine: using quinces, citron peel, julce of pomegran- ates, sourish sweetmeats, fasting, cover- ing their stomachs with paper, or follow- ing such other idle remedles as foolish physicians prescribe to those that go to sC A more modern plan of preventive treatment, of which I had a large and favorable experience while reslding in Australia, consists in the use of remedles that tend to diminish the reflex irritabil- ity of the vaso-motor nervous system. There is sufficient evidence to convince us that the bromides when suitably used will Induce a decided diminution of reflex srritability without interfering material- Iy with the action of the motor centers of the brain—that they affect the reflex func- tions of the cord oniy, without impaliring the activity of the motor tract. As some individuals are extremely sensitive to bro- mides this treatment is not advised un- less it is possible to keep the patient under observation lest he become over- bromized—an unnecessary degree of chemical restraint. Cafefully detalléd di- rections for using the bromide preventive treatment may be found in the late Dr. Beard's treatise on seasickness, in which he incorporated much of the experience I had gained during several years of careful observation. As it is possible for travelers to obtain all the benefits of the sea voyage without suffering the discom- forts of seasickness, it is quite evident that it is not a beneficlal disease, and con- sequently we should endeavor to prevent its cccurrence. In a general way I should advise preventive treatment for suscep- tible travelers as follows: Avold unneces- sary fatigue by having all the important preparations for the journey completed the day before sailing. Avoid heavy din- ners, late suppers and much wine. Get as much rest and natural sleep pos- sible, and be on board the sbip an hour before salling. Avoid cold and fatigue in- duced by standing too long waving fare- well messages. Have some warm wraps, steamer rugs and hot water bottles, as the nights are usually cold near this coast. It would be wise to rest for a while in the main saloon before retiring for the night, the ventilation in the large saloons being much better than In the sleeping cabins, especially during rough weather. No flowers in cabin. ‘While there is no vesitive cure for this disagreeable affliction it is possible to alleviate suffering in various ways. Do not attempt to administer drugs until tha stomach has beem thoroughly emptied. Cracked ice to relieve thirst may be Treely swallowed. Cold appiications to the heal and nape of the neck; apply mustard over the stomach and hot water bottles or-ex- ternal heat in some form to the lower ex- tremities. In this stage a positive assur- ance’ that seasickness never terminates fatally and that the sea is growing much smoother is never amiss. A declaration that no other passenger is suffering quite as severely will gencrally afford some small degree of consoiation. To relieve distressing nausea, painful spasmodic at- tacks of dry vomiting and retching, sin- gullus, with spasm of diaphragm that is apt to occur after the stomach has been thoroughly emptied, or its contents ren- dered unusually concentrated, acrid andir- ritating, there is notlyng better than co- plous and frequently repeated draughts ot hot water. Should ike first draught be rejected repeat it at intervals of from ten to fifteen minutes. By so doing enough liquid would soon be absorbed to allay the retching and sooth the stomach by diluting its irritating, sour and acrid con- tents. Elevate the iomperature of the body by improving the circulation and restore the fluids lost by severe vomiting. Should pallor of the countenance indicate cerebral anemia the vemiting may occa- slonally be arrested by removing the pil- lows and placing the head on a level with the body. When the vomiting continues in spite of this treatment it becomes nec- essary to resort to rocmedies capable of making a more decided impression on tha cerebro-spinal system and vomiting cen- ters. After testing tns merits of innumer- able putative ‘“‘sure cures” for seasick- hess I found that there were but few really useful remedles. Among them I shall mention strychnine, atropine, nitro- glycerin, morphine, calomel and trional. A few of the much vaunted remedies, such as cocalne, nitrite of amyl, hydrate of chloral, acetanilld, phenacetin and others of this class, are such powerfu depresso- motors that, owing to a marked depres- sion of the circulation caused by vaso- motor disturbances aiready active, thelr use at sea Is attended with no little dan- ger. Alarming symptoms of collapse have been induced by smail doses of cocaine, antifebrine, phenacetin and exalgin. Two ladles who lived In the tropics to whom some pearls of nitrite of amyl were given for seasickness were never after- ward able to tolerate the odor of bananas, thelr favorite fruit. When free vomiting is succeeded by nausea and dry retehing, singultus, painful contraction of muscular fibers of the stomach, diaphragm and ab- domen, with impeded respiration and weakened peripheral circulation, a hypo- dermic injection of 1-150.of a grain of the sulphate of atropine will ‘generally give relief. Should there be evidence of much prostration add 1-100 of a grain of strych- nia to the injection and repeat in from four to six hours for two or three doses; or this combination as a chocolate-coated tablold may be given by the mouth. Should the above mentioned remedies be contra-indicated a hypodermic injection of morphine should be administered, as it af- fords much comfort by the rest it pfo- duces. Unfortunately it will increase the tendency to constipation, and as constipa- tion at sea is generally obstinate and the resi+ of a want of gastro-biliary juices in'the bowels owing to losses occasioned by vomiting, several minute doses of cal- omel, ipecac and bicarbonate of soda very finely powdered, with a few grains of milk sugar, should be placed on the tongue every half-hour until at least five doses have been administered. These powders snould be followed in three hours by a teaspoonful of phosphate of sodlum or Epsom salts In hot water, sipped slowly. Seldlitz powders and bulky, cold, effer- vescing drinks generally are not well borne at first. For painful spasmodic con- traction of the diaphragm, with Intract- able hiccoughs, give drop doses of 1 per cent solution of nitro-glycerine, but watch its effects. Nausea and sick headache fol- lowing seasickness may be relleved by drop doses of chloroform and tincture of nux vomica, with a few drops of carda- mon every half-hour for a few doses; or small cups of freshly made black coffee, hot and strong: the so-called ‘“headache powders” are {oo depressing for general use at sea. It Is not unusual for very seu- sick travelers to pass iittle or no urine for thirty-six or even forty-eight hours: in fact, a mild form of uraemia is not infre- quently developed, characterized by a per- sistent, dull, boring headache, with or without light vertiginous attacks, occa- slonally followed by a semi-comatose con- dition. The quantity of sugar In the urine of several diabetic patients under obser- vation was markedly increased. Diminished secretion of urine frequently requires active treatment—external appli- cation of heat, coplous draughts of pure water, pllocarpine, strychnine or the ni- trites. In persistent insomnia trional is a safe remedy in from 10 to 15 grain doses. It should be triturated with an equal bulk of milk sugar and placed dry on the tengue, followed by several swallows of water. Do not give the powder until the patient is quite ready for sleep. This rem- edy does not depress the circulation; there are no bad after effects, and it will give a few hours of peaceful sleep. A rare form of seasickness, with great prostra- tion, swooning, cold extremities, but with- out vomiting—the form which Browning describes as a “swooning sickness on a dismal sea”—requires prompt and vigor- ous treatment, with external heat, hot turpfntine epithems, einapisms, stimu- lants by mouth and rectum, and the usual measures to sustain the clrculation and bodily heat. For those who have large and pendulous abdomens, mechanical con- trivances against seasickness, such as tight bandages or close fitting cholera belts, in order to restrain the movements of the abdominal viscera, are frequently beneficial. Attacks of indigestion are not infrequent, and may be relleved by lib- eral draughts of hot water with spirits of peppermint, cajeput or drop doses of tincture of capsicum frequently repeated. As a rule, stimulants are not required in the early stages of seasickness. They should be held in reserve for a later pe- riod, for not infrequently there are then positive indicatlons for their use, such as persistent subnormal temperature, feebls circulation, cold extremities, more or less general debility and loss of appetite. Should it become necessary to promote the appetite by artificlal means, stomachic stimulants, especially the bitter ales and stouts, in small quantities, frequently re- peated, are most useful, as they induce an increased flow of blood to the stom- acn, cause more gastric fuice to be se- cretea and help to restore the tone of the enfeebled digestive organs. Such flery ex- citants as undiluted Worcestershire sauce should be used, if at all, with caution. During the early stages of this malady the patient should not be importuned to take nourishment—in fact, he should not take food during the mnrst twenty-four hours, unless there is a natural desire for it, as the stomach’s ability to digest food usually greatly impaired, owing to the loss of its normal digestive. secretions through much vomiting. As animal foods possess decided stimu- lating properties and are easily assimi- lated when in their use the maxim “little and often” is observed, they must possess decided advantages over more bulky and less nutritious food, especially when it is evident that there is diminished enerzy of the digestive organs. Beef tea and chicken or meat broths should be free from fat, not too watery, and freely sea- soned with Cayenne pepper. Taroena, made from taro root, is easily prepared for administration and s an agreeable, nutritious food. Toasted bread or sea bi cuits, very slowly and carefully masti- cated, will generally be retained. On recovering from a prolonged at- tack of seasickness there Is not In- frequently a loss, partial or complete, of kinesthetic sersibility, and consequently as soon as an inexperienced traveler feels inclined to move about the vessel he should be taught to harmonize with his environment; that to resist the move- ments of the ship is to struggle against a vastly superior force, and consequently he should learn as early as possible to relax his resistant muscles In order to assume the loose, swaying walk of an old “salt,” who accomiodates his movements to the motion of the vessel. Hypnotic suggestion enabled me to af- ford complete or partial relief in several instances. An accomplished and well- known medical man gravely assured me that he had frequently cured his wife of seasickness after the acute stage had passed by compelling her attention while e slowly read aloud ti® first chapter of the Gospel according to St. Matthew. He admitted, however, that this treatment might be too powerful for general use. Having now called your attention to the remedies and methods of treatment I found most useful during an experience of several years I would remind you that every year—in fact, almost every week— some remedy for this malady is brought out with loud and positive assurances of its efficacy, only to fall Into desuetude on the appearance of a newer and more mys- terious or fashionable rival.