This section is from the book "Mrs. Rorer's Diet For The Sick", by Sarah Tyson Rorer. Also available from Amazon: Mrs. Rorer's Diet For The Sick.
May eat, from four to eight days: Predigested foods, if necessary, followed by orange juice, beef tea with a drop of tabasco, and the following list:
Clam broth Beef tea Egg broth Vegetable broth Koumys Buttermilk Leban Matzoon Zoolak Eggnog
Albuminized milk Fresh fruits Orange juice Grape juice Grape fruit
Cocoanut cream
Tiger's broth
Gruels with dry toast
Milk toast
Hard dry bread
Whole wheat bread, toasted
Pilot bread
Crisp wafers, without sugar
Twice a day six almonds, blanched, not toasted Nut milks
Meats in general, pork and veal in particular Fish Oysters Lobsters Crabs
Fried foods All highly-seasoned foods
Cheese, both new and old Fruits stewed with sugar Hot breads Sweets in general; pastry and cake in particular Pickles of all kinds Tea and coffee with foods Chocolate
After Eight Days, May Eat
Scraped beef cake
Carefully-stewed mutton
Broiled chicken
Beef broths
Cream soups
Boiled rice
All forms of dry, hard bread
Stewed macaroni
Tender lettuce, with French dressing, lemon juice always in place of vinegar
Fresh fruits
Carefully-prepared nut dishes in place of meat
Eggs and milk
All highly-seasoned dishes
Cold dishes
Iced water
Tea and coffee with foods
Chocolate
Pickles
Underground vegetables Coarse topground vegetables Clear soups
Diet list is the same as in Alcoholism
 
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