Cereals All acid fruits with meals Coffee and tea Buttermilk Flesh foods Fish Liquors Fresh vegetables Sweets Potatoes Tobacco Sautern wine, sparingly White bread Succulent plants Tea Tomatoes Wheat bran Whole wheat See "Diet in cases of subacidity," p. 464. BILIOUSNESS Biliousness is the supersecretion of bile; that is to say, more of this fluid is secreted by the liver than is required for the ordinary processes of digestion, and the excess passes into the stomach. BILIOUSNESS--THE CAUSE Biliousness is caused, in a majority of cases, by the overconsumption of fats, milk, eggs, and sweets, or by taking stimulants, especially such as malted or brewed liquors. BILIOUSNESS--THE SYMPTOMS The presence of bile in the stomach interferes with the stomach-secretion, thus causing faulty digestion and severe headache, usually starting at the back of the head and ending in a severe pain over the eyes. The complexion becomes sallow and there is a general decline in strength and vitality. BILIOUSNESS--THE REMEDY The logical remedy is to remove the above causes by eliminating from the diet such articles as tea, coffee, distilled, brewed and malted liquors of every character, and sweets, selecting such foods as will give to the body all the elements of nutrition, and so combining them as to furnish these elements in the right proportions. (See menus for "Constipation," Vol. III, p. 761). In cases of Biliousness: OMIT EAT Coffee and tea Bananas Cream Coarse cereals Egg yolks Egg whites Fats Fresh vegetables Intoxicants Fruit Milk Melons Sweets Nuts Wines and liquors of all kinds Succulent plants Wheat bran CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER THE CAUSE Cirrhosis of the liver, or Hanot's Disease, is a condition characterized by degeneration of the liver cells, usually associated with a fatty infiltration. While there are many conditions that may cause cirrhosis, the principal one, perhaps, is excessive indulgence in alcohol. Thus the disease is frequently called "hob-nailed liver," "gin-liver," etc. Cirrhosis of the liver is a disease that is almost invariably fatal in from one to two years--although, if the process is not far advanced, and the cause is removed, the patient may recover tolerable health. It is absolutely necessary that further irritation of the liver, caused by the drinking of alcohol, be stopped. Close attention should be paid to the catarrhal condition of the stomach and bowels, which is usually associated with cirrhosis. (See chapter on Catarrh.)