Convalescent Diet

Breakfast

Tea or coffee (milk and sugar). Bread and butter.

White bread or Graham bread or corn bread or rolls or toast.

Porridge: Hominy or farina. Meats: Eggs or fresh fish or stew (plain).

Dinner

Soup: Stock or chicken or mutton broth with barley or vegetable. Dry bread. Meats: Beef (roast or boiled) or chicken or fish (fresh). Vegetables: Potatoes (baked) or rice or macaroni or samp. Pudding: Rice or bread or tapioca or farina or cornstarch or custard.

Supper

Tea (milk and sugar). Bread and milk or milk toast or bread and butter or toast and butter. Fruit: Apples stewed or baked or prunes or pears.

Nitrogenous Diet

Breakfast

Tea or coffee (milk), bread and butter, Graham bread.

Meats: Eggs or fresh fish or stew without vegetables or meat, hash without potatoes.

Dinner

Soup: Stock or chowder, Graham bread. Meats: Beef (roast or boiled) or, mutton (roast or boiled) or fresh fish or Irish stew. Vegetables: Spinach or lettuce or celery or string beans. Pudding: Custard.

Supper

Tea (milk), Graham bread and butter or bread and milk, eggs or cold meat.

Farinaceous Diet

Breakfast

Tea or coffee (milk and sugar). Bread and butter:

White bread or Graham bread or corn bread or rolls or toast.

Porridge: Hominy or farina or Indian meal.

Dinner

Soup: Vegetable or macaroni or barley broth; dry bread.

Vegetables: Baked potatoes and tomatoes or French beans or rice or macaroni or samp. Pudding: Rice or bread or tapioca or farina or cornstarch.

Supper

Tea (milk and sugar) bread and milk or milk toast or hominy or boiled rice or farina. Fruit: Apples stewed or baked or prunes or pears.

Milk Diet

Breakfast

One quart of milk.

Dinner

One quart of milk.

Supper

One quart of milk.

Extras Ordered Only By The Attending Physician Or Surgeon

Mutton chops, beef steak, scraped beef, beef tea (made with hydrochloric acid), chicken (broiled, fricasseed or roast), chicken broth, eggs, milk, oysters, clam broth, gruels, crackers, ginger bread, custard, milk toast.