Induce the patient to drink abundantly of pure, soft water. Any good, soft spring water will answer. Distilled water, which is usually procurable in small towns and cities, is excellent. The name on the bottle makes no difference whatever, so the water is pure and soft. In the early stages an exclusive milk diet is to be recommended.

May Eat

In the early stages an exclusive skimmed milk diet.

If all goes well, ten days later, light cereal, as farina, Cream of Wheat, with milk, hominy grits, cornmeal mush with milk but no sugar, dry white bread, an occasional gluten biscuit, apples baked without sugar, nut purees, nut dishes in general, almond milk, blancmange, and eggs occasionally.

In three weeks, add to the above a little white meat of chicken, light green vegetable salads with very little olive oil and considerable lemon juice; orange juice, grape fruit,

Sorrel

Currants

Strawberries

Green string beans

Fresh green or red peppers

Gelatin dishes

Rich sauces

Internal organs of animals, as liver, kidney, sweetbreads and tripe Meat soups Pastries Cakes

Fried foods Liquors Alcohol endive, tender celery, lettuce, cauliflower, savoy, milk gruels between meals, koumys, zoolak, buttermilk, and milk soups.

Avoid

All meats, including liver, sweetbreads, kidney and tripe

Sea foods

Fats, raw and cooked

Butter

Cream

Sugar

Spices

Vinegar

Salt foods of all kinds

Meat soups

All small fruits, as raspberries and strawberries, unless ordered by a physician

Oatmeal .

Puddings

All rich dishes

Potatoes

Turnips

Carrots

Cabbage

Tomatoes

Prunes

Dates

Figs

Grapes

Guavas

Peaches

Pears

Alligator pears