The Pedestrian's Record

the pedestrian's record. io9 rendered medicine rational, and has been very con­ ducive to successful treatment, by causing practi­ tioners to discard the depletive system of purging and blood-letting, and in its place to adopt that of supporting with stimulants those affected with maladies once considered to be the result of too exalted general or local systemic force, but now proven to be of a depletive nature. From the foregoing it will be observed that conges­ tion, of whatever kind, is due to the negation of nervous influence, and this is brought aboutby injury, the effect of strain, or physical exertion so severe as to rupture some important tissue, burst a blood­ vessel, or impair the heart's action ; and these are the injuries which the athlete's training makes possible. But, fortunately, sometimes premonitory symptoms, suchas muscular cramp, shootingpains in the leg, and too violent palpitation of the heart, often warn people that a portion of the organism is out of gear, and remedial measures are needed. These signs of the times are often unheeded, and an injury only of a temporary nature, if not attended to at once, grows into a chronic form. There is one fact which cannot be too forcibly emphasized, namely, that slight ailments at their onset demand the aid of medical men. Do not tamper with yourself until it is too late ; Jacob's Oil and Elliman's Embrocation are both good in their way, but sometimes their application does harm : there is no such thing as an universal remedy. Dog-bite specific and other equally