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readily at whispered suggestions, but the mere bending over the sleeper, the play of one's breath upon his face or a miscalculation as to the elevation of the voice is often sufficient energy to awaken him. Dr. Corning devised a hood of soft leather or canvas to cover all the he— but the face. The material is cut away at the ears so that they may protrude freely. A metallic saucer, just deep enough for comfort, whose broad flange was perforated so that it could be sewn fast to the hood, was attached, one over each ear. The saucer had a central aperture ending in a metallic nipple to which was attached a small rubber tube going to a Phonograph, which is in an adjoining room. The patient's couch is enclosed in a sort of tent of dark drapery. At the foot of the bed is a small white screen. At the head of the bed the tube of a stereopticon projects through the curtains and throws upon the screen at the foot chromatoscopic figures, those revolving colored wheels so often used at the end of a magic-lantern show. 9 These hold the attention and subsequently weary it so that sleep comes. The light is then shut off but the Phonograph keeps on playing. ‘‘Harmony,** says Dr. Coming, “is more effective than melody for this vibratory plan of treatment, and for this reason Wagnerian compositions render excellent service. Arpeggios and minor chords are exceedingly effective.** He reports cures in a marked case of neurasthenia 5 a very obstinate case of insomnia where the patient was rap- idly growing more taciturn, more irritable and solitary } a case where a naturally superstitious nature had become convinced that his nightmares had an occult origin} a U i - ■ : ' I i R