Dietetics for Nurses

Name: Dietetics for Nurses
Author: Proudfit, Fairfax T. (Fairfax Throckmorton)

Proudfit, Fairfax T. (Fairfax Throckmorton)

Diet in disease

~Daily Diet Schedule.~--The same fluid diets used in acute fevers and
administered at two-hour intervals are advisable here. The following
regime is used in pneumonia:

   6 A.M. 6 oz. malted milk.
   8 A.M. 6 oz. cocoa.
  10 A.M. 4 oz. oatmeal or cornmeal gruel with 2 oz. cream.
  12 M.   6 oz. chicken broth reenforced with 1 egg white.
   2 P.M. 6 oz. malted milk chocolate.
   4 P.M. 6 oz. albumenized orange juice.
   6 P.M. 6 oz. chicken or beef broth, reenforced with egg white.
   8 P.M. 6 oz. hot milk.

Night feeding consisting of milk, malted milk, or reenforced broth may
be given at 12 M. and 4 A.M. if patient is awake.

The above diet may be varied by adding some of the beverages mentioned
in the diet for tuberculosis or fevers.

~Convalescent Diet Schedule.~--As the acute symptoms subside and
convalescence advances, the following diet may be instituted:

I

   Breakfast 3 to 4 oz. cereal gruel with 2 oz. cream.
             1 soft-cooked egg.
  10:30 A.M. 6 oz. chicken broth, reenforced with egg, or 6 oz.
               albumenized orange or grape juice.
      1 P.M. 6 oz. oyster soup with rolled crackers.
             1/4 cup wine jelly with 1 tbs. cream.
             1 glass (6 oz.) milk--2 parts milk, 1 part cream.
      3 P.M. Milk shake (4 oz. milk, 1 egg white).
      Supper 4 oz. farina with 1 oz. cream.
             6 oz. cocoa.
      9 P.M. 6 oz. malted milk.

Hot milk, broth, or malted milk may be given during the night at 12 or
4 A.M. if patient is awake.

II

  Breakfast 4 oz. orange juice on cracked ice.
            3 or 4 oz. strained oatmeal with cream or butter.
            1 slice soft toast.
            6 oz. cocoa.
    10 A.M. 1 soft-cooked egg on toast.
            6 oz. milk.
     Dinner 6 oz. cream of celery soup.
            2 oz. rice.
            4 oz. custard (soft or baked).
            6 oz. milk or cocoa.
     3 P.M. 5 oz. cream, egg, and vichy.
     Supper 1 soft-cooked egg.
            1 small baked potato.
            6 oz. cocoa or malted milk.

III

   Breakfast Stewed prunes.
             3 or 4 oz. cream of wheat with 1 oz. cream.
             1 soft-cooked egg.
             1 slice of toast with butter.
             6 oz. cocoa or milk.
  10:30 A.M. Eggnog (1 egg, 4 oz. milk, 2 oz. cream, 1 tbs.
             whisky or sherry wine).
      Dinner Cream of spinach soup.
             2 oz. mashed potatoes.
             2 oz. green peas.
             1 slice toast with butter.
             2 oz. rice or tapioca custard.
      3 P.M. 6 oz. albumenized fruit juice.
      Supper 1 slice toast.
             1 poached egg.
             6 oz. cocoa or hot milk.
             2 or 3 oz. stewed fruit or prune whip.

The diet may be reenforced with lactose and meat added only when
convalescence is well established.

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Dietetics for Nurses

Proudfit, Fairfax T. (Fairfax Throckmorton)

Diet in disease

~Daily Diet Schedule.~--The same fluid diets used in acute fevers and
administered at two-hour intervals are advisable here. The following
regime is used in pneumonia:

   6 A.M. 6 oz. malted milk.
   8 A.M. 6 oz. cocoa.
  10 A.M. 4 oz. oatmeal or cornmeal gruel with 2 oz. cream.
  12 M.   6 oz. chicken broth reenforced with 1 egg white.
   2 P.M. 6 oz. malted milk chocolate.
   4 P.M. 6 oz. albumenized orange juice.
   6 P.M. 6 oz. chicken or beef broth, reenforced with egg white.
   8 P.M. 6 oz. hot milk.

Night feeding consisting of milk, malted milk, or reenforced broth may
be given at 12 M. and 4 A.M. if patient is awake.

The above diet may be varied by adding some of the beverages mentioned
in the diet for tuberculosis or fevers.

~Convalescent Diet Schedule.~--As the acute symptoms subside and
convalescence advances, the following diet may be instituted:

I

   Breakfast 3 to 4 oz. cereal gruel with 2 oz. cream.
             1 soft-cooked egg.
  10:30 A.M. 6 oz. chicken broth, reenforced with egg, or 6 oz.
               albumenized orange or grape juice.
      1 P.M. 6 oz. oyster soup with rolled crackers.
             1/4 cup wine jelly with 1 tbs. cream.
             1 glass (6 oz.) milk--2 parts milk, 1 part cream.
      3 P.M. Milk shake (4 oz. milk, 1 egg white).
      Supper 4 oz. farina with 1 oz. cream.
             6 oz. cocoa.
      9 P.M. 6 oz. malted milk.

Hot milk, broth, or malted milk may be given during the night at 12 or
4 A.M. if patient is awake.

II

  Breakfast 4 oz. orange juice on cracked ice.
            3 or 4 oz. strained oatmeal with cream or butter.
            1 slice soft toast.
            6 oz. cocoa.
    10 A.M. 1 soft-cooked egg on toast.
            6 oz. milk.
     Dinner 6 oz. cream of celery soup.
            2 oz. rice.
            4 oz. custard (soft or baked).
            6 oz. milk or cocoa.
     3 P.M. 5 oz. cream, egg, and vichy.
     Supper 1 soft-cooked egg.
            1 small baked potato.
            6 oz. cocoa or malted milk.

III

   Breakfast Stewed prunes.
             3 or 4 oz. cream of wheat with 1 oz. cream.
             1 soft-cooked egg.
             1 slice of toast with butter.
             6 oz. cocoa or milk.
  10:30 A.M. Eggnog (1 egg, 4 oz. milk, 2 oz. cream, 1 tbs.
             whisky or sherry wine).
      Dinner Cream of spinach soup.
             2 oz. mashed potatoes.
             2 oz. green peas.
             1 slice toast with butter.
             2 oz. rice or tapioca custard.
      3 P.M. 6 oz. albumenized fruit juice.
      Supper 1 slice toast.
             1 poached egg.
             6 oz. cocoa or hot milk.
             2 or 3 oz. stewed fruit or prune whip.

The diet may be reenforced with lactose and meat added only when
convalescence is well established.

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Dietetics for Nurses

Dietetics for Nurses

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