A formulary of selected remedies : with therapeutic annotations and a copious index of diseases and remedies, diet tables, etc. : a hand-book for prescribers / by E.A. Kirby.

  • Kirby, Edmund Adolphus.
Date:
1879
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Credit: A formulary of selected remedies : with therapeutic annotations and a copious index of diseases and remedies, diet tables, etc. : a hand-book for prescribers / by E.A. Kirby. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DIETARY IN CASES OF SLOW DIGESTION. Breakfast (8 a.m.). Bread Cstal 1 (Mutton chop or other meat } Tea, or warm milk and 4 oz ’ ) (co°ked), free from fat and £ water and sugar, or ^ ' (.skin, 3 oz. ' other beverage, £ pint. Liquid, J pint. Luncheon (i p.m.}. Bread (stale), C No solids, such as meat or 2 oz. ^ cheese. Dinner (5 or 6 p.m.). Bread (stale), 3 oz. Pota- (Meat (cooked), free} T . ., top«; artrl ofhpr vpo-pf-aKIps. 3 fmm sVin anH fat? >■ ] toes and other vegetables, 4 oz skin and 4 oz. } than J pint. Tea or Supper (not sooner than three hours after dinner). R j / t 1 s (No solids, such} Tea or weak brandy and water, or rea is a e;, ^ ag meat or C sherry and water, or toast and J water, to the extent of -J pint. Dr. Leared. 2 oz. cheese. DIETETIC TREATMENT IN EPILEPSY. In the adult the diet should be light, and the patient should live temperately. He should live by rule. He should rise early, and take regular exercise in the open air, keeping his head cool and his feet warm. The diet of an infant so affected should be, if possible, its mother’s milk, with or without arrowroot. If above three-or four years of age, its diet should consist entirely of farinaceous or of other light vegetable food. Dr. Aitken, “ Science and Practice of Medicine, vol. ii., page 543. DIET IN LOSS OF NERVE POWER, OVERWORK, ETC. In these cases the Diet should be of a highly nutritious charac- ter. It may include fresh meat, mutton and beef, plainly dressed and not over-cooked, fish, especially oysters, lobsters, and other shell-fish, fresh vegetables, and a liberal supply of crea7n, butter, and animal fats. Eggs (fresh and uncooked) are both easy of digestion and highly nutritious, in some cases as many as half a