Rx. Elixir Vitriol, } Chloric Ether, } [=a][=a]., ounce j. Tinc. Xanthox. Frax. Bac. ounce ij. Ess. Lemon, dram j. M. S.--A tea-spoonful in a gill of sweetened cold water every two or three hours. Thus combined, it forms a very prompt and diffusive stimulant, and is well adapted to meet the indications in the earlier stage of the disease. In the last stage perhaps no remedy will be found so prompt and decided in its action as the injection named above, with the internal use of chloroform as combined in the recipe on page 189. In cases of excessive irritability of the stomach, the following combination was administered with good effect, and was especially beneficial in cases attended with stupor from the commencement of the disease: Rx. Common Salt, dram j. Black Pepper, dram j. Vinegar, f. dram v. Hot Water, f. ounce iv. M. Of this, when settled, or strained, a table-spoonful may be given every ten or twenty minutes. It seldom failed to quiet the stomach and check the motion of the bowels. In this condition the injection should be also administered, and repeated as occasion may require. Some advocate the use of the spirits of ammonia and tincture of capsicum, properly combined with other diffusive stimulants, as a very efficient and successful remedy. The following is, perhaps, the most desirable formula: Rx. Chloroform, (sq.) } Spts. Camph., } [=a][=a]., dram iij. Spts. Ammonia Aromat., } Tinc. Capsicum, } Elix. Opii (McMunn's), dram ss. Syr. Zingiberis, ounce ij. M.--S.--Tea-spoonful in water every thirty minutes till relieved. Then less frequently, according to circumstances. This is said to give very prompt relief in the earlier stage of the disease. With some practitioners the following has been quite a favorite remedy: Rx. Æther Chloric., ounce j. Tinc. Cardamom., ounce ij. Spts. Camph., ounce ss. Elix. Opii (McMunn's), dram ss. Syr. Zingib., ounce ij. M. S.--Two tea-spoonsful in water every 10 or 30 minutes till relieved, then continued less frequently and in less doses every one, two, three, or four hours, according to circumstances. For the purpose of promoting reaction in cholera and diarrhoea, the following formula has been extensively used and most universally approved. It is, indeed, so highly valued in England and in India, that it is ordered to be always in store and in readiness in the Medical Field Companion of the army when on the march: