Sulphuric Acid in Cholera

can only be properly prescribed by the medical attendant. There is no single antidote. As a valuable adjunct against the epidemic the following orangeade, suggested by Dr. Waller Lewis, has been extensively used with excellent effects :? " Sulphuric Orangeade useful in Cholera times.?Concentrated compound infusion of orange peel 3 oz., simple syrup 12 oz., boiled filtered water 4 gallons, mix well, and add 3 oz. of diluted sulphuric acid. A wine glassful may be taken for a draught with the addition of more or less of filtered water according to taste. Of this beverage 1350 gallons were consumed with the best effect among the men of the London Post Office during the epidemic of 186G ; it superseded to a great extent raw water and bad beer ; its cost is only 4\d. a gallon. The idea is excellent, as in hot weather men drink anything, and this fluid supersedes noxious waters." While I had charge of Dr. Raye's duties at the Presidency General Hospital in Autumn of 1876, one of the patients wrote me a memo, detailing his cholera experiences during the epidemic of I860 in Glasgow. He said lie was at that time employed in a " chemical works" in Glasgow : and he and his fellow workmen remarked that while in the surround-