The method of application of massage has already been suggested.

Care must be taken that the patient eats well and of the best food.

Except for occasional gastric or intestinal crises of pain, sometimes with vomiting, sometimes with diarrhoea, the digestive functions are usually well performed, unless the stomach has been greatly upset by over-use of iodide.

The most liberal feeding consistent with good digestion is indicated, for it must be remembered that we are dealing with a disease in which degenerative changes play an important part.

The usefulness of electricity in ataxia has been denied by some authors, while others praise it indiscriminately.