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Concerninjr Consumption. A Southern Cal forma practitioner, Pr. John ' . Davis of Los Angeles, de scrihes the earlier symptoms of con ' sumption whi h precede any active ntlaniniatory or destructive ohanges in the luugs thetnselves. The earlier syniptoms, are ho says, for the umin put, dependent upon the imperfect ussimilation of food and the consequent mal-nutrition. First, he mentions indigestión or dyspepsia, the stomach ditlio lty being characterized as a rule by a distaste for certain foods, particularlj fattv substances, which in such cases are liltely to bedicultof diges tion. Sugar fat, and alcohol risc acid, causing sour eructations heartburn and Hatolence. 1 r. Davis found in hospital and private practice that somo 8j per cent. of consudptivo palionts had dysyepsin, and n the majority of cases it caiue as the tirst sy naptom complained of y the pntient. Öften the d state for fat has existed thron h life, but it is not to be understood of course that every person who dislikes fat will have consumption Auother early symptoni is the steady loss of weight. It has been proved in the experienee of l.ifo nsuranco conipanie that applicants whose weight is 15 per cent. below the standard are undesirable r3ks. Tho third symptom is the increased rate of respiration or rapid breathing and when he patiënt is in a state of rest and habitual respiration j as high as twenty or twenty-one to the minute, would cause a physician lo suspect lungdisease, cspecialïy if tested by the spirjhmeter show a diminished or insufficient lung capaoity This can also be tested by a lape abut the chest, and or a man of ordinary sizein health from two and a half to three inches represents the diilerence between full expirat'on and inspiration. -Dr. Foote's Health Motnhly