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 cup of coffee with milk several hours after dinner, and to eat two or more rolls at the same time. This course is not to be recommended, and only a very small cup of unsweetened black coffee (or with very little milk) and one roll is advisable, but it is much better to drink nothing but Carlsbad or some other Sauerbrunn, or soda-water, during the afternoon. For supper stout people should eat as little as possible; those who have taken coffee with a roll in the afternoon, should totally abstain from supper the others should be satisfied with some stewed fruit or a plate of light soup, or a glass of beer with a roll. Weak persons may eat for their supper a few slices of cold meat or a couple of eggs, or soup with an egg and a glass of beer.

.—Plenty of exercise, carefully regulated and not over-extended, is necessary for the greater part of the patients, inasmuch as they have generally led a sedentary life before visiting Carlsbad for the purpose of getting cured. It is, however, a deeply-rooted idea that all patients must walk a great deal, as otherwise the waters would not be properly digested, and, consequently, it often becomes necessary to caution the patients against taking too much exercise. It seems to be forgotten that people used previously to drink the waters of Carlsbad while enjoying perfect rest at