First Day: Immediately on rising, drink a glass of cool water, eat a few cherries or the juice of an orange, and devote five or ten minutes to exercises Nos. 3 and 5, as shown in Vol. V, pp. 1344 and 1345.

Breakfast

(Half an hour later)

A cup of hot water

Very ripe berries, with sugar - no cream One exceedingly ripe banana, with nuts or nut butter A small, baked white potato, eaten with butter One egg, boiled two minutes A small portion of wheat bran, cooked

Luncheon

One or two large Spanish onions, boiled

A small, baked white potato, eaten with butter

One or two whole eggs, whipped

Dinner

Choice of string beans, peas, or asparagus; if these cannot be obtained, take choice of:

Beets Cabbage

Carrots Parsnips

Turnips

Spanish onions, boiled

A baked white potato

Three egg whites, whipped

One glass of water, taken during the meal

Just before retiring, take two table-spoonfuls of wheat bran, drink a glass of water, and devote from five to ten minutes to exercises as prescribed for the morning.

Second Day: Same as the first.

Third Day: Same as the second, slightly increasing the quantity of food if necessary. Changes in the vegetables may be made, confining, however, to the vegetables mentioned, as nearly as possible, always taking fresh vegetables in preference to canned.

Fourth Day:

Breakfast

Fruit - choice

A small portion of plain boiled wheat, with butter and cream A cup of hot water Two eggs, whipped or boiled two minutes

Luncheon

Three glasses of milk Two eggs, whipped Wheat bran, cooked

(Take milk and eggs very slowly)

Dinner

One green vegetable

A tablespoonful or two of "Protoid" nuts

Junket, gelatin, or eggs

Just before retiring, devote from five to ten minutes to exercises prescribed for the first day.

If the bowels have not become normal, continue taking the wheat bran just before retiring, and a spoonful or two just after rising.

Fifth Day: The same as the fourth.

Sixth Day: Same as the first, and so on, repeating the diet so long as it appeals to the taste. If digestion will permit, the eggs and the milk may be increased.

Summer Menu. Tubercular Tendency Constipation - Nervousness - Catarrh

Choice of the following menus:

Dinner

Choice of squash, boiled onions, or corn A salad of anything green One glass of buttermilk, mixed with two whipped egg whites One or two tablespoonfuls of nuts (choice)

An ear of corn

One and one-half glasses of buttermilk with egg whites Two or three very ripe peaches with cream and sugar Home-made ice-cream

I would advise two or three very ripe peaches just before retiring at night, and just after rising in the morning.

Supplementary Dinner

(To be taken if there is a craving for flesh or salty food)

One ear of corn (boiled)

Fish, lobster, or white meat of chicken

A small baked potato

A salad of lettuce or endive

Fall Menu. Tubercular Tendency Constipation - Nervousness - Catarrh

On rising, devote from three to five minutes to deep breathing exercises before an open window, preferably movements 3 and 5, as shown in Vol. V, pp. 1344 and 1345. Eat a bunch of grapes, thoroughly masticating the skins, swallowing seeds and pulp whole. Drink two glasses of water. If the weather is cold, the water should be heated.

Breakfast

Half a cup of wheat bran, cooked, eaten with cream

A small bunch of grapes

Two eggs, whipped about six or seven minutes; add a teaspoonful of sugar and a tablespoonful of olive-oil, while whipping

One extremely ripe banana; serve with cream and either nut butter or nuts (The banana should be baked, if not very ripe)

Luncheon

One fresh vegetable - carrots, parsnips, or turnips

A boiled onion A baked potato

One egg, cooked two minutes, eaten with the potato skins Fresh butter A cup of hot water at the close of the meal

Dinner

Half a cup of wheat bran, cooked

Two or three eggs, prepared as for breakfast

One extremely ripe banana and a few soaked prunes

(A very small, baked white potato may be taken if something salty is desired) A bunch of grapes

Just before retiring, eat a small bunch of grapes and drink a cup of hot water. Devote from three to five minutes to exercises which have already been prescribed for the morning.

These meals may be varied by changing the vegetables, and now and then substituting for the eggs a portion of fresh fish or a glass of buttermilk.

If the quantity of food prescribed does not seem sufficient, it might be slightly increased; however, do not increase it beyond the limits of normal hunger. The best combinations of food, when taken in excess of the bodily needs, undergo a form of decomposition, and become a prolific source of disease.

Winter Menu. Tubercular Tendency Constipation - Nervousness - Catarrh

Breakfast

Two very ripe, red bananas, baked Nuts, cream, raisins

Two whipped eggs; sugar; flavor to taste A spoonful of wheat bran

Luncheon

Three fresh eggs, whipped about six minutes, with sugar; pineapple juice added after whipping A small portion of wheat bran, cooked

Dinner

Celery

A tablespoonful of olive-oil

One fresh vegetable

A potato

Whole wheat bread (very little)

Buttermilk or gelatin

The above menus have been selected and combined so as to counteract constipation, catarrh, nervousness, biliousness, etc. There is no specific remedy in foods for consumption. Foods will aid in curing this disease only through the natural process of building up healthy tissue, and increasing the power of the body to resist all diseases.