~Diet.~--Soft-cooked eggs, toast (slightly buttered), cocoa made with water instead of milk, chicken, calf's-foot or wine jelly; later, well-cooked rice, junket, and soft custard; still later, lightly broiled beefsteak, lamb chops, chicken, squab or quail, sweetbreads or brains. Not until the patient is entirely free from all symptoms of diarrhea or intestinal disturbance may the following foods be given: cream or cream dishes such as cream toast, cream chicken, or cream soup, raw or stewed fruit, green vegetables, salt foods, spiced foods of any description; pastries, confectionery and desserts in general, unless they are simple in character and are sweetened with saccharin instead of sugar, as the latter substance is particularly susceptible to fermentation. ~Anemia as a Result.~--Anemia is one of the most common results of prolonged diarrheal attacks, especially in those toxic diarrheas resulting from infectious diseases, dysentery, etc. The blood-making tissues suffer from a lack of nourishment and are in consequence incapable of producing blood of the best quality. Hence the starvation treatment cannot be carried on over a very extended period or the resulting anemia may be more difficult to overcome than the original trouble. ~Selecting and Regulating the Diet.~--The following points must be kept in view when regulating the diets of individuals who are prone to develop diarrhea: ~Preparing the Diet.~--Only such foods as are known to agree with the individual, and these prepared in the simplest manner possible, must have a place in the dietary. ~Fermentation.~--All foods that are subject to fermentation either in the stomach or intestines must be withheld, at least until the attack is well over. Sugar is an example of such foods; saccharin may be substituted when necessary. ~Avoidable Foods.~--Pork, veal, and shellfish must be left out of the dietary, possibly for months, since they have been found frequently not only to bring about a return attack of diarrhea but also to have been the cause of the original one. Fatty foods of all sorts had best be avoided as long as there are symptoms of diarrhea; these foods are handled with difficulty by the digestive apparatus and impose extra work upon the intestine, which is already taxed by the disease. ~Restricting Fluids.~--Fluid foods should be more or less limited in the diet, since they require more effort on the part of the intestines than the more concentrated foods. ~Proprietary Foods.~--Certain proprietary infant foods[94] are at times found to be exceedingly valuable, since they furnish food in a concentrated and digestible form. Among these Mellin's Food, Racahout, and Imperial Granum may be mentioned. CHRONIC ENTERITIS