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.
Follow the first attack by a fast of two, three or four days, as is deemed necessary by the physician. It frequently becomes necessary to give predigested foods by rectum. As this disease often occurs in the obese, abstinence from food for even five days is advantageous. This must, however, be done by the physician's orders, and under his observation. When the coma has passed and the patient can swallow, give predigested, condensed liquid foods by teaspoonfuls, and see that each quantity is swallowed before a second is given, otherwise the patient may choke and draw the fluid into the lungs, causing inspiration pneumonia. As the patient progresses and swallowing becomes more natural, if there is facial paralysis, keep up the concentrated liquid foods. Eggs and milk; puree made with milk and vegetables; cream and milk mixed; "ye perfect food"; rice boiled in milk until tender, and pressed through a sieve; rice cooked in chicken broth for an hour, and pressed through a sieve; puree of split peas - may all be given if they can be swallowed. Later, if the patient has no facial paralysis, whole wheat bread, baked potato, boiled rice, chopped chicken made into a timbale, soup a la Reine and scraped mutton cake, are next in order. If the patient is constipated, give two ounces of fruit juices or almond milk, two or three times a day. All foods must be nutritious but non-stimulating. Chicken and a little mutton should be the only meats used. The less meat, the better. The patient must not overeat. A little cold water, early in the morning, and between meals, is advisable.
Alcoholic liquors should not be given unless ordered by a physician.
If the patient recovers from this attack he must, as long as he lives, keep ,up a vegetable diet, substituting eggs, nuts and milk for meats. He must eat less than the appetite calls for. A "full meal," - "just a little dissipation," frequently brings on a second and fatal attack.
Cream soups
Milk and milk preparations
"Ye perfect food"
Cornmeal mush
Chicken noodle soup
Eggs in all forms except hard boiled and fried White meat of chicken Boiled white fish Baked potato Boiled rice Summer squash Topground green vegetables lightly cooked Desserts made from vegetable gelatin Fresh fruits without skin Fruits stewed without sugar, as prunes and figs Dry, hard bread Gluten gems Swedish bread Unleavened bread Cocoanut sticks Soups, maigre
Custards
Warm baked custards
Occasionally tender lettuce, Ro-maine, tender celery, with 'French dressing
Fresh fruits, except rhubarb
Light milk puddings
Milk and cream toast
Mock charlotte
Sago snow
A few coffee-flavored desserts
Cream of Wheat, farina, well cooked
Toasted shredded wheat, with hot milk and cream
Rice a l'lmperatrice
Rice dumpling
Rice cream
elderberry, blackberry and raspberry
Apples, simply cooked
Meats
Pink-fleshed fish
Crabs
Clams
Lobsters
Shrimps
Scallops
All made-over dishes
Fried foods
Rich soups and sauces
Boiled and mashed potatoes
Fried potatoes
Hot breads
All sweets
Pies
Puddings
Cakes
Preserves
Stewed fruits with sugar
Ice creams and ices at the end of a meal Pickles
Condiments of all kinds Rhubarb
Raw apples, unless scraped Concentrated beef soups, like beef tea The internal organs of animals, as sweetbreads, tripe, and liver All coarse vegetables White bread made with sugar and lard
 
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