One word about drugs in acute nephritis. Many physicians prescribe diuretin, caffein, digitalis, juniper, petroselinum, species diureticae, etc., in the early stages of nephritis, i.e., at the period of oliguria, in order to stimulate diuresis. This treatment is still very common as I know from my consultation practise, although warning against it has frequently been given. I regard such prescribing as radically wrong. These stimulants are, so to speak, whip-lashings. It would be the greatest paradox to economize the work of the kidneys to the utmost possible extent in one direction, and in the other to excite them to increased activity by means of the strongest stimulants we possess. These remedies should be used only in the later stages of nephritis, and especially in the chronic form of the disease. For further facts on drugs see under "The Contracted Kidney."