The Massage Treatment

In nervoua prostration and weajiness f rom overwork the tendency of the blood is to leave the arteries and become engorged in the veins. Massage, rightly cmployed, aids in the restoration of the normal circulation, and thus4ielps the system to right itself. The patiënt is extended upon a lounge orbed, and the operator begins with one foot, squeezing it gently with the hands as though it were a sponge filled with water and he were squeezint; the water from it, and working always toward the heart. The hands of of the operator clasp the limba with a firm butgentle grasp andapply thla squeezing, pinching pressure all the way from the hands and feet to where these limbs join the body, not rubbing the skin, but pressing and working the muscles under it. The muscles of the neck, chest and abdomen will receiye the same treatment. Then the patiënt gives his back to the operator. All adown the back are larga veins.and these become engorged vyth blood. The operator kneads and pinches, and squeezes and presses all the muscles of the back for a long time until a pink tint flushes the skin. All about the face, the neck, tho back of the neck, especially, there are many veins, and the muscles which they traverse are thorouehly handled until the circulation is f ree. The patiënt soon begins to fïnd relief and sinks to sleep, or into a delicious disposition to He still and rest, which disposition should be encouraged as long as it 'asts.- New York Tribuno.