and bulbous portions of the canal. It gennerally comes on slowly and insidiously. The individual first observes a few drops of water remain after the whole seems to have been discharged, then notices a fine spiral or divided stream, and lastly, discharges his urine by drops only, requiring a long time to empty the bladder. It occasionally happens that the patient loses all control, and the urine dribbles away continually."—John Cowan, M. D.
METHODS OF TREATMENT ADVISED.
"The usual methods in treating stricture are by the introduction of bougies, the application of caustic, or by incision—all impossible in the home treatment of the disease. If the patient will but firmly resolve to lead a rigidly plain and simple life—absolute freedom from all stimulating food and drink, tobacco, flesh meat, etc., eating less of plain food than the system is capable of assimilating, living a strictly continent life, and, along with the every-day general bath, to take twice a day, for half an hour at a time, a cool or cold water site bath, drinking noth-
