Oxaluria

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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.

Oxaluria

In this disease oxalate-of-lime crystals are found in the urine. By some it is supposed they are created from eating certain kinds of food rich in the constituents they contain; by others, from faulty digestion. No matter which theory be correct, the curative diet is practically the same. Such vegetables and fruits as rhubarb, sorrel, onions, garlic, chives and leeks, old turnips, both white and yellow, tomatoes, pears and sweets, especially candy, and sugar in tea and coffee, and such foods as sago, tapioca, cassava and potatoes are prohibited. The diet should consist largely of milk and milk foods; for meat-eating patients, chopped beef and mutton are preferable. Serve with them a little stale bread, or an occasional bunch of grapes or tender celery. A half pint of hot water should be sipped a half hour before each meal. If constipation occurs, give a glass of cold water early in the morning, and follow almost immediately by a cup of cafe au lait, merely warm, so the patient may drink it rapidly. Give a large cup of hot water the last thing at night.