While this comes truly under the head of alcoholism, it requires special dietetic treatment. Make sure that the alimentary canal is thoroughly emptied of all foods before you begin the feeding. Where both the chemical and the mechanical conditions of digestion are slack, food is frequently held until abnormal fermentations take place, the mass decomposes in the intestines and the patient is prevented from rapid recovery. The physician will probably give a brisk purgative; after this has thoroughly operated, give two tablespoonfuls of good, strong clam broth; in one hour give two ounces of beef tea, the next two hours two ounces of clam broth, the next two hours two ounces of milk; these may be alternated every two hours, for at least twenty-four hours. Water, of course, must be given freely. If all goes well, at the end of the first day, the patient will be able to digest the yolk of an egg shaken with milk, a cup of consomme, a cup of double-strength beef tea, Bartho-low's perfect food, a glass of koumys, two ounces of mat-zoon or zoolak, eggnog with or without liquor, according to the physician's orders, egg flip, Meiggs' food, arrowroot milk gruel or plum porridge. If the stomach is irritated and there is a great desire for alcohol, give orange or apple juice. As the patient convalesces, give a scraped beef cake, carefully-broiled chops, soft-boiled eggs, broiled or creamed sweetbreads, or stewed tripe and oysters, with baked potatoes, carefully-boiled rice, well-cooked farina or Cream of Wheat, carefully-made corn souffle, pulled bread, toast, or whole wheat bread. Orange juice early in the morning and in the middle of the afternoon - in fact the patient can take the juice of six oranges a day to advantage.

Cinnamon or ginger tea, as well as ginger ale, frequently allay the desire for stimulants; this is also true of lemon and tamarind whey, mulled buttermilk, and koumys.