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physical effects of midnight.-if it be a fact that murderous deeds are done in cold hlood, the proper time for fuch bins is betwefn eleven at night and one in the morning; for it is in this interval t.hat the temperature of the human falls to its minimum. from some research?5, lately communif'ated to the royfll societ" ~ it appear8 that healthy heings go regularly through a daily cycle of variable warmth. the mflximuril hp-at is rfached at 9 a.m.~ when in persons under tw?ntv-five, the temperature of flesh st;inds at 990 fuh., and this is maintained till 6 pm., when it slowly and steadily falls till an hour before midnight: the amount of decrease by this time is something over two degrees. at about 3 a.m., the upward turn is taken, and the heat increa~es tin 9 o'clock. it is curious that this extent of change only occurs in youngo bodies; old folks preserve a nearly fqual degree of warmth all the twenty four hours through. other notable facts are, that feeding has nothin~ to do with the variations, and that hot and cold baths do not flppear to interfere with the regulal"ity of the su('cessi ve cbanf!e~. thj~king -thinking is an important prepar .. ation for 8peaking; but in the heat of an argument there is not alwavs time for it. a friend of ours gets over the difficulty, to some extl-nt. by arming himself 1!ol a knotty di8cu~sion with a cigar: be 8ays that a long draw and a protracted puff, give him a few moments to look around the point at istue, and to frame a safe reply-the opposite pal ty attribufing the delay to the rf'quirements of the weed. but thidkin~ before writin~ is still more important. do you know how l')rd palmerston kept his pen waiting for hjs brain? he wrote standing', and had his desk at one end of the room and his inkstand at the other. every dip involved a walk, and a brief cogitation that prevented rash expression. 110reover, the body was kept in healthy exercise and the blood in constant circulation. recent patents. tki, list u ,peciallll compiled for th8 famil~ doctor by messrs. rayner and (jasseu, patet~t agents, 37, ohancery-lane, w. c.,jrom whom all information concerning patent, may be obtained gratuitously. .. _ 16,211. improvements in or relating to infanta' feeding appliances. a. j. boult (j(~an l\larie gabriel alphonze pannetier). 16,224. digestive medical compound and process of prep'irin~ such compound. john carnrick. 16,225. prepared milk food for infants and invalids. johx carnrick. 16,226. effervescing medical conlpound. john car~rick. speoifications published. 9,932. smith and ~iu1ford. pills, &0. (1889), sd, 2,858. daniels. antiseptic compound (1889), ·id. 12,303. garbutt. shower bath (1889), bd. the above specifications may be had from messrs. rayner and caasell, patent agents, 37, chancery-lane, at the prices quoted. correspondence. --:o:-- corset discipline. to the editor of the family doctor. sir.,--i have before me the letter of "carl" in your impression of the 28th september, describing the mode he adopted of imparting a good carriage to his daughters, in reply to "old fashioned." i cannot agree with him as to such strict discipline, for he does not mention that his daughters suffered from spinal weakness, so as to be obliged to take such steps to relieve the hack. i remember feeing some years ago several persons (male and female) wearing a steel apparatus bent over their heads and fastened to the back by a plate of iron or steel covered with leather, in the centre of which there was a sort of catch wherewith the bars of steel (i think tour in number) could be raised or lowered. to these rods over the head were fixed a leather band covered with velvet passed under the chin to keep the head up, and could be raised or lowered by another person and not by the wearer. this instrument was obtained from a medical man residing at henley-in-arden, warwickshire, who treated patients suffering from spinal complaint when a schoolboy i had a weak back cause

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