Note: If constipated give the fruit ½ hour before breakfast with water; if not, they may be given during the forenoon. Milk and raw fruit juice must not be given at same meal. DINNER. (1) Broth or soup made of chicken, mutton or beef, thickened with arrowroot, split peas, rice, or with addition of the yolk of an egg or toast squares. (2) Scraped beef or white meat of chicken, or broiled fish (small amount) or Mashed or baked potatoes with fresh peas or spinach or carrots. (3) Dessert: apple sauce, baked apple, rice pudding, junket or custard. SUPPER. (1) A cereal or egg (if egg is not taken with breakfast) with stale bread or toast or Bread and milk or bread and cocoa or bread and custard. (2) Stewed fruit. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CITY OF NEW YORK DIET FOR CHILD FROM THREE TO SIX YEARS BREAKFAST. (1) Fruits: an orange, apple, pear or stewed prunes. (2) Cereal: oatmeal, hominy, rice or wheat preparations, well cooked and salted, with thin cream and sugar or Egg: soft boiled, poached, omelet or scrambled. (3) Milk or cocoa. DINNER. (1) Soup: beef, chicken or mutton. (2) Meat: chicken or beefsteak or roast beef or lamb chops or fish. (3) Vegetables: spinach or carrots or string beans, peas, cauliflower tops, mashed or baked potatoes, beets or lettuce (without vinegar) Macaroni, spaghetti. Bread and butter--not fresh bread or rolls. (4) Dessert: custard, rice or bread or tapioca pudding, ice cream (once a week) cornstarch pudding (chocolate or other flavor) stewed prunes or baked apple. SUPPER. (1) Milk toast or graham crackers and milk or A thick soup, as pea, or cream of celery with bread and butter or A cereal and thin cream with bread and butter. (2) Stewed fruit; custard or plain pudding; jam or jelly. GLOSSARY (For complete definitions of the following words the student is referred to general and scientific dictionaries) A ANTISEPTIC.--A substance which prevents or hinders the growth of micro-organisms. ANTITOXIN.--A substance that neutralizes the action of a toxin. ASEPTIC.--Free from living germs. AXILLA.--The armpit. B BACILLUS (pl. bacilli).--A rod-shaped or elongated bacterium. BACTERIAL.--Relating to bacteria. BACTERICIDE.--An agent having the power to destroy bacteria. BACTERIOLOGICAL.--Relating to bacteriology. BACTERIOLOGY.--The science dealing with microorganisms. BACTERIUM (pl. bacteria).--A unicellular vegetable micro-organism. C CARRIER.--An apparently healthy person who harbors pathogenic germs in his body. COCCUS (pl. cocci).--A bacterium of spherical or nearly spherical shape. COUNTER-IRRITANT.--A substance or agent which if applied to the skin causes irritation and thereby relieves an abnormal condition in another part of the body. D DEGENERATION.--A deterioration in cells or tissues of the body so that they become less able to perform their proper functions. DEGENERATIVE.--Pertaining to degeneration. DEODORANT.--An agent that destroys odors.