The class of individuals who seek aid at our institution is very largely composed of those who are afflicted with chronic diseases, and who have been drugged and poisoned until their vitality has become well-nigh exhausted, and they are given up by their friends and medical advisers to die. Under these circumstances, they come to us as a final resort, and, thanks to a true and potent system of treatment, this last hope is seldom disappointed. Among the hundreds who have thus come to us and found relief from their ills and pains, during the eight years since the establishment of this institution, the following cases, here briefly reported, have been treated within the last few months:— HBH 14a.2