A system of practical medicine. By American authors. Vol. 2 : $b General diseases (continued) and diseases of the digestive system
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A system of practical medicine. By American authors. Vol. 2 : $b General diseases (continued) and diseases of the digestive system
Medicine -- Practice
BILL OF FARE FOR DIABETES.--Breakfast.--Oysters stewed, without flour;
clams stewed, without flour. Beefsteak, beefsteak with fried onions,
broiled chicken, mutton or lamb chops; kidneys, broiled, stewed, or
devilled; tripe, pigs' feet, game, ham, bacon, devilled turkey or
chicken, sausage, corned-beef hash without potato, minced beef, turkey,
chicken, or game with poached eggs. All kinds of fish, fish-roe,
fish-balls, without potato. Eggs cooked in any way except with flour or
sugar, scrambled eggs with chipped smoked beef, picked salt codfish
with eggs, omelets plain or with ham, with smoked beef, kidneys,
asparagus-points, fine herbs, parsley, truffles, or mushrooms.
Radishes, cucumbers, water-cresses, butter, pot-cheese. Tea or coffee,
with a little cream and no sugar. (Glycerin may be used instead of
sugar if desired.) Light red wine for those who are in the habit of
taking wine at breakfast.
Lunch or Tea.--Oysters or clams cooked in any way except with flour;
chicken, lobster, or any kind of salad except potato; fish of all
kinds; chops, steaks, ham, tongue, eggs, crabs, or any kind of meat;
head-cheese. Red wine, dry sherry, or Bass's ale.
{222} Dinner.--Raw oysters, raw clams.
Soups.--Consommé of beef, of veal, of chicken, or of turtle; consommé
with asparagus-points; consommé with okra, ox-tail, turtle, terrapin,
oyster, or clam, without flour; chowder, without potatoes, mock turtle,
mullagatawny, tomato, gumbo filet.
Fish, etc.--All kinds of fish, lobsters, oysters, clams, terrapin,
shrimps, crawfish, hard-shell crabs, soft-shell crabs, (No sauces
containing flour.)
Relishes.--Pickles, radishes, celery, sardines, anchovies, olives.
Meats.--All kinds of meat cooked in any way except with flour; all
kinds of poultry without dressings containing bread or flour; calf's
head, kidneys, sweetbreads, lamb-fries, ham, tongue; all kinds of game;
veal, fowl, sweetbreads, etc., with curry, but not thickened with
flour. (No liver.)
Vegetables.--Truffles, lettuce, romaine, chicory, endive, cucumbers,
spinach, sorrel, beet-tops, cauliflower, cabbage, brussels-sprouts,
dandelions, tomatoes, radishes, oyster-plant, celery, onions,
string-beans, water-cresses, asparagus, artichoke, Jerusalem
artichokes, parsley, mushrooms, all kinds of herbs.
Substitutes for Sweets.--Peaches preserved in brandy without sugar;
wine-jelly without sugar, gelée au kirsch without sugar, omelette au
rhum without sugar; omelette à la vanille without sugar; gelée au rhum
without sugar; gelée au café without sugar.
Miscellaneous.--Butter, cheese of all kinds, eggs cooked in all ways
except with flour or sugar, sauces without sugar or flour. Almonds,
hazel-nuts, walnuts, cocoanuts. Tea or coffee with a little cream and
without sugar. (Glycerin may be used instead of sugar if desired.)
Moderately palatable ice-creams and wine-jellies may be made, sweetened
with pure glycerin; but although these may be quite satisfactory for a
time, they soon become distasteful.
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