An analysis made some little time ago of twenty cases in the British army is nstructive. Fourteen of the n the infantry; three in the artiller two in the cavalry; one in the en gineers. As to age, two were un. der fourteen ne and twenty-or over, Accepting the statements of the men true, the average amount of beer daily was from three to four pints. Other alcoholic drinks were only taken occasionally. The average amount of tobacco con. was from three to four ounces a week, the tobacco being twist' or plug. Tw suffered from venereal disco en from malarial and other trap fevers, two only from rheuma tism, eases were cardiac pain and dyspnoca; giddiness in six; sleepless: ness in nervousness in seven. Three cases were noted in which the men were unaware there was anything wrong with the heart,
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