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 been paralyzed on the right side and who had shown signs of insanity is next noted. The medical history exhibited habitual constipation, periodical headaches, and prolonged bilious attacks. A fast without preparation was begun and continued for twenty days with results that showed the paralysis much improved, bowels regular in action, no headaches, and a steady gain in flesh and strength on diet after the fast. Three months later a second fast was begun and continued to successful completion for full forty-one days. The patient daily visited the office for osteopathic manipulation, and constant improvement was apparent from the first. In neither of the two periods of abstinence from food were there any special symptoms to be noted, and the final result embodied complete eradication of .paralysis and of its symptoms, and great improvement in general health. At the beginning of the second period of fasting the patient weighed 105 pounds; two months after its completion he had regained his normal weight of 145 pounds.

Tuberculosis of the lungs is a disease symptom that needs to be uncovered and attacked in its early stages, and the case of a woman of 82 is given to illustrate its prog-