It is also good to give a dose of Carlsbad salts in the morning every two or three days, in order to correct the constipation usually attendant upon such a course of diet. These salts also aid in rendering the contents of the stomach more alkaline, and in this way aid the plan spoken of before. I do not think it advisable to send patients with gastric ulcers to _health resorts_ or watering places. They can only regain their health by a strict enforcement of dietetic measures, and these can be carried out just as well at the patient's home as at the health resort. For the treatment of such cases _after the ulcer_ has healed, these health resorts can be of great benefit, but the patient must be cautioned not to commit excesses in eating or drinking, especially to the latter must their attention be called, as it is customary in most resorts adapted to such cases, to drink large quantities of the medicated waters in the morning. It is also well to caution the patients with regard to their diet before sending them away. This should be unirritating, bland and easily digestible. Among the European health resorts, Carlsbad is the most suitable for such cases. There are unfortunately some patients who are not benefited by any method of treatment hitherto thought of, but luckily they are few, and if you will follow the rules I have laid down you will in a great many cases meet with splendid results. One important question still remains to be answered, namely: "What should be done in case of hemorrhage of the stomach?" Here the patient must be left quiet just where he happens to be--placed in a horizontal position on his back if possible. Ice bags should be applied to the region of the stomach, small pieces of ice swallowed, and hypodermic injections of ergotin given. This is all that can be done with benefit in such cases. The patient should not be transported for several hours. Monsel's solution can be of no service, as it cannot be introduced into the stomach in a sufficient concentration to be of benefit. In cases of perforation of an ulcer all that can be done is to give anodynes to ease the pain and make the patient's condition as comfortable as possible. Schlipp recommends that when perforation is threatened on account of gaseous distention of the stomach, the stomach tube should be used to evacuate the organ. The mechanical treatment, washing out the stomach with the stomach tube or stomach pump is contraindicated in cases of ulcer, as more damage can be done by such procedure than good. ---------- ORIGINAL ARTICLES THE RECOGNITION OF MORTIFIED BOWEL IN OPERATIONS FOR THE RELIEF OF STRANGULATED HERNIA. By REUBEN A. VANCE, M. D., CLEVELAND, OHIO.