=Soft diet= consists of: Liquids of all kinds. Soups (vegetable and strained). Milk toast. Soft-boiled eggs. Gravy “ Oysters. Bread without crusts. Baked apple. Cereals. Apple sauce. Custard. Stewed fruits (no seeds). Rice. Mashed potato. Ice cream. Baked “ Milk puddings. Purées and milk. Plain “ Toast. Soft-poached eggs. =Light diet= consists of soft diet, including: Whitefish. Quail. Codfish. Sweetbreads. Finnan haddock. Chicken. Bacon. Chops. Scraped-beef. Steak. Squab. Vegetables only when ordered. =Typhoid diet=, as soon as food is ordered, is as follows: _First week_— Coffee for breakfast. Tea for dinner. Cereals (well cooked and strained). Eggs lightly boiled. Poached eggs and soft toast. Broths (chicken, oyster, and meat). Scraped-beef. Custards. Bread without crust. Ice cream. Milk toast. Orange-juice. A glass of milk, t. i. d. To the foregoing may be added for _Second week_— Dry toast. Chicken. Baked potato. Whitefish. Baked apples. Rice. Asparagus. Farinaceous puddings. Chops. Milk soup. Steak. Purées. No vegetables, pastry, or raw fruits are allowed. _Liquid_— 1. Milk, 3 parts; Lime-water, 1 part. 2. Albumen-water. 3. Clear chicken or beef broth may be given three times in 24 hours. DIABETIC DIET. White of eight eggs; Dry oatmeal, ℥xij (by weight); Butter, ℥viij-x. _Procedure._—Cook oatmeal 2 hours. When done, beat into it the melted butter. Then fold in the beaten whites of eggs. MOTOR TEST-MEAL. A. White meat of chicken or fish. B. Coarse vegetables. C. Jam seeds (raisins or currants). D. Potatoes. E. Tea. F. Two slices of bread. EWALD’S TEST-BREAKFAST. A. 2 shredded wheat biscuits, or 2 slices of bread. B. 1½ glasses of water. OBSTETRICS. =Puberty.=—This is the period of transformation from childhood to adolescence. There is a marked development of the throat and chest, the breasts become fuller, more rounded, and there is also an enlargement of the pelvis. These outward signs are combined with certain internal changes, affecting especially the ovaries and the uterus, that are described under the terms of ovulation and menstruation.