clear, feeling full and congested.  I have now and again a slight sensation of giddiness or reeling.  The right ear runs some offensive matter, and there is always a hissing sound.  I live what is, I think, a simple life, but I must confess to a little smoking.  My general health is good.  I am a working farmer and fairly active for one of my age (69).  My diet is generally as follows: 

     On rising.—­One or two cups of warm water, sometimes with lemon
     juice.

     Breakfast.—­An apple or orange, oatcake and dairy butter. 
     Baker’s bread and one cup of tea.

     Lunch.—­Nil, or perhaps I should say that I eat an apple or
     orange before each meal or a bit of turnip or even cabbage.

     Supper.—­Potatoes with fish, and milk pudding.  On some days it
     may be broth with meat cooked in it.

     Before retiring.—­Nothing but water, or at other times oatcake
     and one cup of milk.

There does not seem to be much prospect of this correspondent recovering the hearing of his right ear, as the conditions have lasted so long.  He might, however, certainly try by diet and hygiene to get rid of the unpleasant discharge and the noises.  To effect this he should carefully syringe the ear once or twice a day with a weak solution (1 grain to the ounce) of permanganate of potash, using an all-rubber ear-syringe.

Then he should get someone to well stretch the upper bones of the spine and to massage well the muscles at the back of the neck to induce, thereby, a better circulation in the nerves and blood-vessels which proceed from that part of the spine into the ears.  In this way he will be able to ensure a removal of the clogging poisons which are lurking in the bad ear and thus promote less noises and a better health state of the ears generally.  The diet should be amended as follows:—­

 On rising.—­One or two cups of warm water, with lemon juice added.

 At 8.  Breakfast.—­Apples, oranges or other fruit only. Take plenty
 of fruit at this meal and eat it at no other time.

At 12.  Lunch.—­One boiled egg or some cream cheese:  Oatcakes and butter or good wholemeal biscuits ("P.R.” or “Ixion” kinds) and butter, and a plateful of finely grated raw roots (carrots, turnip, etc.).

 Tea meal.—­One cupful of Hygiama, using water in place of milk.

Dinner.—­Cheddar cheese or cottage cheese (the latter is best); potatoes and a green vegetable, cooked by baking or steaming, without salt.  No broth or meat. (Meat and especially meat broths are very undesirable in this case.)

 Before retiring.—­Hot water only.

 ANOTHER CASE OF DEAFNESS.