to abdomen. Colic
resulting from the accumulation of fecal matter should be treated with
hot enemas until relieved. A hot hip-bath is sometimes necessary to
relief.

The colic of children and infants should never be treated with
alcoholics. In infants it generally arises from excessive or improper
feeding; care should be taken that the milk provided them is not sour.

In severe cases the babe should be immersed in warm water, keeping the
head above water, of course. This is also the best remedy in
convulsions. The hot bath, with a copious enema of warm water, has saved
the lives of many babes.

For adults, hot water, with a pinch of red pepper added, will do all
that brandy can do, and more.

CHOLERA:--Brandy has been considered by many a really necessary medicine
in cholera. The following is a discussion upon Alcohol in Cholera which
was held at the annual meeting of the British Medical Temperance
Association, in May, 1893, and is taken from the _Medical Pioneer_ of
June, 1893:--

"Dr. Richardson opened a discussion on Cholera in relation to
Alcohol. He said he would bring forward five points on the
subject.

1. The negligence among the people at large produced by alcohol
in the presence of a cholera epidemic. There was no doubt on the
part of any who had seen an epidemic of cholera as to the
mischief done by alcohol, apart from its action as a remedy.
People rush to the public houses and take it to ward off the
danger, or to relieve them when they begin to feel ill, and the
result is very bad morally. He had seen this in different
epidemics. Or people got in spirits to face the danger, and many
became intoxicated and less able to resist.

2. Its misuse by those affected. It was often given to cheer
them up and remove their fear and nervousness. In his opinion it
invariably produced mischief.

3. He was unable to find any physiological reason for giving it.
There was a constant drain of fluid, causing spasms and cramp,
both of the muscles and blood-vessels, and difficult circulation
through the lungs. Spasm may be relaxed by alcohol, but, on the
other hand, alcohol is exceedingly greedy of water, and so
increases the flux. But it also reduces animal temperature,
which is a strong feature of cholera, so much so that he could
almost diagnose cholera blindfold in the stage of collapse, by
the icy coldness.

4.