The Face In Illness

The face is a good index to the state of one's physical being, and from il symptoins of disease can be detected almost before the patiënt is aware that anything serious is the matter with him. For instance, incomplete oiosure of the eyelids, rendering thewhites of the eyes visible during sleep, is a symptom in all acute and chronic diseases of a severe type. It is also to be observed when rest is unsound from pain wherever seated. Twitching of the eyelids, associated With the oscillation of the eyelids, or gquinting, heralds the visit of convulsions. Widening of the orífices of the nose, ■with movements of the nostrils to and fro, point to embarrassed breathing from disease of the lungs or their plural investment. Contraction of the brows indicates pain in tbe head. Sharpness of the nostrils, paiu in the chest and a drawn upper lip, pain in the abdomen. To make a general rule, it may be stated that the npper third of the face is altered in expressiou in affectionsof the braiu, the middle third in the diseases of the organs contained in the ínal