This condition is characterized by great irritability of the stomach, pain due to the irritation of the denuded surface, and vomiting of blood which issues from the denuded surface. The most rational treatment for this very serious condition is a course of rectal feeding for a period of about ten days following the general directions given above for rectal feeding. Following the period of rectal feeding will be a period of milk diet for, say, ten days. The milk must be modified in such a way as to hinder the formation of leathery curds from the coagulation of casein. This can perhaps best be accomplished by the addition of limewater. This addition of limewater serves a double purpose. In the first place it hinders the formation of large leathery curds; in the second place, by its alkalinity it neutralizes in part the excessive acid of the stomach. If the milk is brought to a boil before the limewater is added, that seems to increase its digestibility. After the first few days of modification of the milk in this way it may be varied by the addition of cereal waters, as barley water, oatmeal water, etc.; then, as a further transition, by addition of enough thoroughly cooked cereal to the milk to make a thin gruel. This may be followed by the introduction into the dietary of buttermilk, purees, gelatin combinations, custards, and other semi-solid foods. The same principle must be observed here as has been emphasized above - namely, the slow sipping and tasting even of the liquid foods. Such foods must never be gulped down, quickly draining the glass, but they should be taken, small quantities at a time, held in the mouth, mixed with saliva, tasted, warmed to body temperature before they are swallowed. Ever so small a quantity would best be swallowed in two or three installments.