Wues a person says, "I suffered exeruciating pain," he expresses a fact in the strongest words afforded by the English language. The word "excruciating" comes from Cruz, a cross, and signifies an intensity of agony com. parable only to that endured by one undergoes the barbarous punishment of erucixion™ There are some diseases which, for a time, cause pain of this acute and formidable nature. To find a relief for it, when possible, is at once the impulse of humanity and the studious desire of science. Two brief examples may indicate what{success is attending the effort to both comfort and cure cases of this kind.
"Nearly all my life," writes an intelligent woman, "I have borne the burden of whut appeared to be incurable illness. I always felt heavy, weary, and tired. My appetite was poor, and after eating I had a cruel pain my chest and between the shoulders, Frequently. the pain was so intense that I was
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