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 stale eggs, a wineglassful of water containing three grains of chloride of lime (Calx chlorinata, U. S. P.) should be swallowed several times a day, and the diet limited to easily digestible food, of which charcoal, either in the form of "charcoal crackers," or burnt toast, should figure conspicuously. Any irregularities of food, drink, or sleep must be corrected, the natural functions regulated, and the skin kept in activity by frequent baths, and rubbing with a flesh-glove or coarse towel. A draught containing twenty grains of the bisulphite of soda has also an excellent effect on offensive breath arising from this cause. It may be taken, masked with essence of peppermint, twice daily.