(To be concluded.)
[ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.]
MEDICAL.
Maddalena.—Yes; you had better see a medical man. Your symptoms may be due to anæmia, nervousness or heart disease. Of these the last is infinitely the least likely. Anæmia is the probable cause, and is, moreover, the simplest to cure.
Ailing.—There are two questions that we ask every dyspeptic—how long do you take over your meals? how much do you eat at each meal?
One of Five.—1. Dilute the sulphur ointment with an equal quantity of lanoline. Otherwise follow out exactly the advice we gave to “Fair Isabel,” April 9, 1898. You are at the age when acne is most common in girls.—2. The white marks on the nails which trouble your sister are very commonly found. The only way to prevent them is to trim the nails carefully; but do not scrape the nails, as this of itself will sometimes produce opaque patches. About once a week rub the nails over with vaseline or cold cream.
Much Frightened.—On [page 63] of the present volume you will find an “answer” dealing at some length with the question of the causation of typhoid fever by oysters.
Minerva.—1. There is no objection to using cocoanut oil for the hair if you like it.—2. No; five feet two inches is by no means short for a girl of fourteen and a half—rather the reverse, in fact. During childhood and adolescence people increase chiefly in weight during the winter, and chiefly in height during the summer.