"rest-cure", and while it cannot be undergone at home, neurasthenics will
benefit by following its principles as far as they can in their own homes.

High-frequency or static electricity sometimes works wonders in the hands
of a specialist, but the electric batteries, medical coils, finger-rings
and body-belts so persistently advertised are _useless_.

When the patient has in some measure recuperated, he may try the following
exercises in mental concentration. Vittoz claims good results from them,
but they must be done quite seriously.

1. Walk a few steps with the definite idea that you are putting forward
right and left feet alternately. Go on by easy stages until you
concentrate on the movement of the whole body.

2. Take any object in your hand, and note its exact form, weight,
colour, etc.

3. Look in a shop-window while you count ten, and as you walk on, try
to recall all the objects therein exhibited.

4. Accustom yourself to defining the sounds you hear, and concentrating
on a special one, as that of a passing tram, or a ticking watch.

5. Make a rapid examination several times daily of your feelings and
thoughts, and try to express them definitely.

6. Concentrate on the mental reproduction of a regular curve: a figure
8 placed on its side.