A CORRESPONDENT of the Harrogate (England) Times recently visited the sanitarium at Caterham, of which Dr. Alfred B. Olsen is the medical superintendent, and then wrote quite a long letter giving a full account of his experience. This letter is interesting as showing how an Englishman is impressed with the general regime at one of our health institutions. We quote the following paragraphs:— “It may be safely said that the majority of illnesses are due to errors in diet. Here, the resident physician takes your case in hand, and it is dealt with as though it were the only case he had in the world. You are put on a special diet, you undergo special tonic treatments—baths and so forth—and you dine at the same time and at the same table as the doctor. . . . Animal flesh, in the shape of butchers' meat, never enters the place, and tea is not kept on the premises! And yet people who enter the establishment as physical wrecks, leave it, after due treatment, like unto giants refreshed. The diet, here, is reduced to a science; it is a matter of education, and it is an education you acquire, and that without your being aware of the fact. “And then, the spirit of good fellowship that pervades the whole establishment! You may feel a little shy and nervous when you sit down for your first meal, but you are not allowed to remain long in this uncomfortable condition. The superintendent sits at one end of the table, his good wife at the other end; introductions take place, and before you are really aware of it, you are drawn into some argument raised from the morning paper. The serving maids, too—bless their bright, happy faces! They know you are strange, and they, therefore, pay particular attention to you. They point out this and that article of food; the superintendent recommends this, his wife that, your neighbor something else, and you rise from the table thoroughly satisfied with yourself, and feeling one of the large family. . . . “Dinner is laid for 1:45. ‘Dinner.’ I hear some one snort in disgust. ‘What kind of a dinner can it be without meat or Yorkshire pudding, with good rich gravy?’ I repeat, dinner is laid at 1:45, and a splendid, satisfying repast it is. Moreover, it is tasty; indeed it is a revelation as to what may be done without meat and rich meat gravies. On this question of diet there is always this to be borne in mind: Every ounce of food that is consumed has an effect for good upon the system. This is the grand secret of this method of feeding. There is no crowding the stomach with unsuitable food; taxing that organ to its utmost capacity, and yet doing the body harm instead of good. “The evening meal is timed for 6:30, and three hours later the retiring gong is sounded, and, early as this hour may appear, you are ready for your couch. Take the word of one who has tried it—one who has been in the habit of retiring on the stroke of midnight, who had been accustomed to taking tea four times a day—I tell you it is an experience I thoroughly enjoyed.”