Everything wearies her,--to sew, to write, to read, to walk,--and by and by the sofa or the bed is her only comfort.

Every effort is paid for dearly, and she describes herself as aching and sore, as sleeping ill and awaking unrefreshed, and as needing constant stimulus and endless tonics.

Then comes the mischievous role of bromides, opium, chloral, and brandy.

If the case did not begin with uterine troubles, they soon appear, and are usually treated in vain if the general means employed to build up the bodily health fail, as in many of these cases they do fail.

The same remark applies to the dyspepsias and constipation which further annoy the patient and embarrass the treatment.