C. Scrofulous affections in general are radically cured by preparations of the leaves of Juglans regia. The therapeutic action is suffi-ciently constant to enable one to expect a cure in three-fourths of all cases. The effects of treatment are manifested slowly.* Twenty to fifty days may elapse before effects are noticeable.* Patients cured usually preserve the health obtained during the treatment; relapses are infrequent.* The first noticeable effect of treatment is the improvement of the general health; later, the lesions improve.* In certain non-ulcerated strumous ganglia, the effects of treatment are very slowly developed; in ulcers and fistulous tracts, on the other band, results are much more prompt.* In scrofulous affections more generally useful than the over-praised iodine, 26, 689.

D. Ulcers and eruptions, 23, 5: 54.