DIABETES.

General Directions.-Eat meats, eggs, green vegetables, and fatty foods, and avoid sugars, starchy foods, and liver.

May take:

Soups. Chicken, beef, veal, mutton, oyster, turtle, terrapin, clam broth, (no flour).

Meats. All kinds except liver. Gelatin jellies.

Cheese. All kinds of cheese, especially cream cheese.

Fish.-All kinds of fish and in any form, oysters, clams, terrapin, lobster, shrimp, salt fish, unless they cause too great thirst.

Farinaceous Foods.-Gluten bread, cakes, biscuit and porridges, almond cakes and bread, Soya bread.

Vegetables.-Green vegetables, spinach, lettuce, romaine, chicory, sorrel, kale, artichokes, endives, pickles, cucumbers, cranberries, truffles, mush

rooms.

Vegetables sometimes allowable.-Green string beans, cauliflower, cabbage, sour-kraut, slaw, egg-plant, vegetable marrow, asparagus, onions.

Fruits.-Acid fruits of any kind, sour apples, sour cherries, sour oranges, lemons, grape-fruit, goose-berries, red currants.

Nuts.-All sorts of oily nuts, as cocoanut, walnuts, filberts, almonds, butternuts, pecans, Brazil nuts.

Fatty Foods.-Cream, butter, olive oil, cod liver oil, bone marrow. Drinks.-Tea or coffee without sugar, alkaline mineral waters, Rhine wines, claret, Burgundy, brandy, whiskey.

Allowable at Times under Special Directions.-Milk, bread, potatoes, and oatmeal. (See Diet cures in Diabetes.)

Must not take :

All sweet foods, sugars, confections, and the like. All starchy food, as rice, hominy, and foods prepared with flour, etc.

Meats. Liver, pâté de foie gras.

Vegetables.-Potatoes, turnips, beets, carrots, peas, beans (not always string beans), cauliflower, sweet fruits, dates, grapes, peaches, prunes, bananas, preserves, and jellies.

Nuts.-Peanuts, and chestnuts.

Beverages.-Sweet wines, cider, cordials, beers, porter.

GOUT AND GOUTINESS.

General Directions.-Take moderate quantities of plain nutritious foods. Avoid excesses of meat, all rich foods, and eat only moderate quantities of starches and sugars.

May take:

Soups.-Meat soups in small quantities. Mutton (weak), chicken (weak), beef (weak,) oyster, bouillon, rice, tapioca, barley, vermicelli, clam, vegetable.

Lean Meats.-Roast mutton chops, lamb chops, boiled, broiled, or roasted chicken, broiled or roasted squab, ham, bacon, broiled or roasted birds (once a day).

Fish.-Raw, broiled, or stewed oysters, boiled or broiled rock, bass, trout or bluefish.

Eggs.-In small quantity, raw.

Vegetables.-Spinach, young peas, string beans, potatoes (baked, small quantity), turnips, cauliflower, cabbage, lettuce (without vinegar), celery, cresses (without vinegar), onions.

Farinaceous Foods.-Rice in small quantity, oatmeal, cornstarch, sago, tapioca, arrowroot, hominy, grits, vermicelli, cream of wheat, stale wheat bread, toast, graham bread, rye bread, corn bread, pulled bread, zwieback.

Desserts.-Blanc-mange (no sugar), custards (no sugar), rice pudding (no sugar), tapioca pudding (no sugar), bread pudding (no sugar), milk pudding.

Fruits.-Lemons, oranges, apples (tart) raw, baked or stewed, stewed apricots, raw or stewed peaches, stewed prunes, stewed cherries. Fruit to be stewed without sugar.

Fatty Foods.-Butter.

Drinks. Taken mainly with meals. Milk, buttermilk, peptonized milk, milk with Vichy, milk flavored with tea, milk flavored with coffee, kefir, kumiss, junket, whey, lime juice or lemonade without sugar, water, hot water. Mineral Waters.-Vichy, Apollinaris, Poland, Lithia water,

Carlsbad.

Must not take:

Rich soups, fried foods, hard-boiled eggs, pork, veal, stews, hashes, turkey, corned meat, potted meat, liver, kidney, duck, goose, sausage, crabs, lobsters, preserved fish, smoked fish, salted fish, salmon, salt mackerel, sardines, radishes, mushrooms, asparagus, tomatoes, dried beans, old peas, pickles, sweet potatoes, beets, hot bread or cakes, nuts candies, preserves, pies, pastry, rich puddings, cheese, strong tea, strong coffee, alcoholic stimulants, sweet wines, ice-cream, stewed berries, cider.

ALBUMINURIA.

May take:

Soups.-Milk soup with tapioca or rice, gruels, vegetable, corn, potato. Meats-Chicken, ham, game, bacon, steak, chops, or roast beef (sparingly once daily.)

Fish.-Fresh fish, boiled, broiled, clams (raw), oysters (raw).

Eggs.-Sparingly.

Vegetables.-Cabbage, spinach, boiled onions, cauliflower, young peas, string beans, lettuce.

Farinaceous Foods.—Rice, grits, hominy, oatmeal, cream of wheat, sago, tapioca, potatoes, wheat bread, toast, stale bread, (wheat) milk

toast.

Desserts.-Tapioca pudding, rice pudding, milk pudding, bread pudding, custard.

Fruits.-Lemons, oranges, raw, baked, or stewed apples, grapes, stewed pears, stewed prunes.

Fatty Foods.-Butter.

Drinks.-Milk, buttermilk, malted milk, peptonized milk, milk with Vichy, kefir, kumiss, junket, whey, water (not with meals), hot water, grape juice. Mineral Waters.-Vichy, Apollinaris, Poland, Lithia, White Rock.

TUBERCULOSIS.

General Directions. It is important to take meat, milk, eggs in as large quantities as can be digested. Milk, or

and

milk and egg should be taken between meals. Raw meat should be taken daily.

May take:

Soups. Bouillon, soups made with milk, clam or oyster broth, chicken, beef, mutton, rice, tapioca, or vermicelli broth.

Fish. Fresh fish of all kinds, as mackerel, trout, or perch, oysters. Meats.-Raw beef, rare beef, steaks, chops, roast beef, roast mutton, lamb chops, chicken, turkey, fresh game, bacon, ham, Mosquera's beef meal, beef-juice.

Eggs.-Raw, poached, boiled, scrambled, or omelet.

Vegetables.-Spinach, cauliflower, asparagus tops, peas, green string beans, lima beans, lettuce, cresses, celery, baked, mashed or creamed potatoes, onions, tomatoes.

Farinaceous Foods.—Bread, Graham bread, toast, milk-toast, zwieback, pulled bread, oatmeal, rice, grits, hominy, corn meal mush, barley gruel. Farinaceous foods should not be taken in too large quantities.

Fatty Foods.-Cream, butter, olive oil, cod liver oil, extract of red

bone-marrow.

Fruits.-Oranges, lemons, raw, baked, or stewed apples, grapes, stewed apricots, pears or prunes, raw or stewed peaches.

Desserts.-Blanc-mange, custards, tapioca, sago, bread or rice pudding, farina, wine jelly, junket, cheese.

Drinks.-Water, carbonated water, milk, buttermilk, peptonized milk, kumiss, kefir, whey, cocoa, chocolate (Vigor), albumin-water, grapejuice, Vichy.

Must not take:

Excesses of starches and sugars, pork, veal, hashes, twice-cooked meats, potted meats, liver, kidney, salt fish, smoked fish, lobster, hot bread and cakes, fried foods, pies, pastry.

EPILEPSY.

BREAKFAST.-Any sort of ripe fresh fruit. Any cereal, as oatmeal, cracked wheat, rice, grits, etc. Soft-boiled, poached, or scrambled eggs, or an omelet. Bread and butter. Any sort of plain crackers if desired. Milk, buttermilk, kumiss, milk and Vichy or eggshake. Phillip's digestible cocoa. DINNER.-Soups.-Any clear soup, consomme or bouillon, chicken, mutton, beef or oyster broth, vegetable purees. Avoid rich and highly seasoned soups.

Meat.-Fish or meat, but not both Any sort of fresh fish, baked, boiled or broiled. Any sort of plain fresh meat, as roast beef, or mutton, chops or steak or fowl.

Vegetables.-Potatoes, parsnips, celery, tomatoes, spinach, peas, string beans, asparagus, salsify, lettuce, squash, macaroni, rice, spaghetti, hominy.

Desserts.-Fresh fruit, plain puddings, or junket, ice-cream or water-ice. SUPPER.-Bread and butter, cereals, stewed fruits, liquids, as for breakfast. If working or taking much exercise, eggs or oysters may be allowed, otherwise very plain suppers are to be preferred.

Avoid:

All fried foods, all rich and highly seasoned dishes, pastry, cake, candies, hot breads, all forms of alcohol, coffee and tea, pork. All foods known to disagree with the patient, and all indigestible articles, as pork, lobster, ham, and the like.

DIET AFTER NORMAL CONFINEMENT.

Allowable for First Two Days. Liquids. Water as desired. Milk, beef, or chicken broth, with or without well-cooked barley or rice, albumin-water, cocoa, weak tea or coffee. Tea is to be preferred to coffee, as the latter is more liable to cause insomnia.

Solids.-Bread and butter, toast, crackers, milk-toast, poached or softboiled egg, well-cooked cereals, wine jelly, custards, and junket. From First Two Days Until the End of the First Week.

Liquids. As above.

Solids. In addition to above, baked or mashed potato, fruits, green vegetables, as peas, string beans, spinach, etc., in moderation. Rice, tapioca, and sago puddings. White meat of fish, either broiled or boiled. Fresh meat, steaks, chops, roast beef or mutton, squab.

Avoid:

Any food which previously disagreed with the patient, and, as a general rule, pork, veal, meat stews, and twice-cooked meats, cabbage, cucumbers, turnips, dried beans, corn, strawberries, unripe or stale fruit and vegetables, and all highly seasoned and complicated dishes.

Sample Diets:

BREAKFAST.-A sliced orange, well-cooked breakfast cereal. a soft-boiled egg and toast. Cocoa, tea, or coffee.

DINNER.-A cup of meat broth, lamb chops, baked potato, well-cooked spinach, a cup of junket. Bread and butter. Milk to drink.

SUPPER-Minced chicken on toast, baked apple and cream, milk to drink; tea if desired.

SAMPLE PAMPHLET OF INFORMATION FOR

DISTRIBUTION AMONG THE POOR IN
SUMMER.

NURSE the baby; mother's milk is the best of all foods.
Do not wean the baby in hot weather.

Remember that ten bottle babies die to one that is breast fed. One-third of the deaths of infants and young children occur during the hot summer months.

Heat kills the baby chiefly by spoiling the milk given it. Nurse the baby regularly, not oftener than two hours during the day and four hours at night.

Do not nurse the baby every time it cries.

If you cannot nurse your baby, consult your doctor before giving it the bottle.

Fresh Air.-Give the baby fresh air day and night.

Keep the windows open all day and all night.

Keep the baby out of doors as much as you can.

The out-door air is better for the baby than that of the house. The air in the squares and parks is better than that of the

streets.

Keep the rooms clean.

Do not let garbage, slop, or dirty clothes stand about the room. Sleep.-Do not let the baby sleep in the same bed with any other person.

Keep the baby quiet and let it sleep as much as it will.
Do not handle the baby too much, let it alone.
Bathing.-Bathe the baby every day.

In very hot weather sponge the baby several times a day to keep it clean and cool.

Wash the baby whenever the diapers are changed.

Clothing. The baby feels the heat as much or more than you. In hot weather take off most of the baby's clothing. If it becomes cold, the clothing can easily be put back. If the baby has fever, take some of the clothing off, but do not put more on. A baby with fever will not catch cold. Diapers.-Wash the diaper as soon as it is soiled and dry in the open air.

Do not use a diaper a second time before washing it. Water.-In hot weather the baby needs a little more water and not so much food.