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Prof. Epstein concludes that a liquid diet, poor in fatty matter, is the basis of treatment of gastro-enteritis in young infants. He recommends particularly, the following: Beat up the white of an egg with a pint of water, previously boiled, the resulting mixture being then carefully filtered. This should be prepared fresh three times daliy, and kept in a bottle well corked and placed on ice.

Nursing from the breast should be entirely stopped for the first few days. Every three hours nearly two ounces of milk at a lukewarm temperature may be giveu to the child. The child should not be put back to the breast until the loss of flesh, which is considerable at first, begins to diminish.

As direct remedial measures he employs the following potion:

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℞ Sodii et magnesii benzoatis.................Э iv

Spiritus vinii Gallici.......℥ ss

Aquas.............℥ vj

M. S. Teaspoonful every two hours.