I touched on this subject in a paper that I published in our Journal in 1883, and mentioned several changes which I had introduced into the diet scale of the asylum I have charge of. I suggested that an expression of opinion of various asylum physicians would be useful, and might with advantage appear in the columns of this Journal. Dr. Rayner, in the Presidential Address to our Society for 1884, made remarks somewhat resembling those I refer to, and called attention to the difficulties that exist in comparing diet scales, owing to their inaccurate and faulty construction, and instanced the diet scale of the asylum in which he acted as an illustration in point. In offering some remarks on asylum dietaries, I at once state that I do not consider my mode of dealing with the subject as at all complete or exhaustive—access not only to facts which I cannot possess myself of, but also an extended series of observations would be required to enable one really to deal with the subject as its importance merits. A paper such as I present is merely suggestive.