Cholera ; Some Remarks upon its Nature and Pathology. By
P. C.. Little. (Churchill and Sons.)—Mr. Little's remarks are brief and pro- fessional, but his account of twenty cases of cholera treated by him with almost perfect success in all but one case is worth notice. The remedy he applied was simply mustard dissolved in a tumbler of tepid water, and followed by two quarts of very warm water. "I am hopeful," he says at the end of his pamphlet, "that the humble mustard seed, which in antiquity was divinely chosen as the medium of imparting to man a knowledge of the wisdom and goodness of the Creator, may become an instrument of inestimable service to His creatures, assailed by one of life's deadliest enemies." There is something striking in the idea. The
record of Mr. Little'a treatment is quite astonishing.
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