... past suffered from excessive cerebro-spinal irritability, for the relief of which cantharidal collodion had been employed in the cervico-spinal region (the same had also been used in the hepatic region, to meet the diagnostic views of some one of his medical attendants). He had a remittent chronic intestinal catarrh, with—noticeably during the periods of exacerbation—abundant discharge of a glairy mucus. The appetite was very capricious—not to say poor, and he was obliged to be exceedingly careful in his diet. He was not capable of any continued mental application. The muscular ... — The Electric Bath • George M. Schweig
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