Dr. Horatio Wood, who stands among the leading physicians of Philadelphia, and well known as the discoverer of the active cause of diphtheria, gives the following formula for a tomato soup suited to sick persons:

"A very elegant and cheap soup, suitable to many cases of invalids, can be made according to the following recipe. Of course, if vegetable juices are contraindicated, this tomato soup is not to be employed:

"Take three quarts of tomatoes, canned or whole, and boil them until they are soft; then strain through a colander, afterwards through a flour-sieve, and reject the solid portions. Boil three pints of milk, thicken it with three tablespoonfuls of flour, then boil the liquid part of the tomatoes over again, and then stir this boiling liquid into the milk; put in a little butter; salt to taste".