In ordinary cases of diarrhea one can pursue his usual work provided he observes the suggestions in regard to diet, given below, but in severe cases one should avoid labor or exercise, and remain most of the time in a reclining position. Drink copiously of pure water, and eat very sparingly. OMIT EAT Acid fruits Boiled rice (thoroughly cooked) All green salads Boiled sweet milk Coarse foods, such as cabbage, Cottage cheese celery, turnips, spinach Ordinary white bread Condiments Potatoes-- Desserts, pastry, etc. Sweet (baked) Pickles and all foods preserved in White acids Puree of rice Red meat and flesh food of ever Sweet clabbered milk, including kind except very tender fish the cream and white meat of chicken and Very tender white meat of chicken, turkey or turkey, or fish Relishes Sweets Tuber vegetables except sweet and white potatoes Omit all beverages at meals except plain water, taking only about one glass. EMACIATION OR UNDERWEIGHT Underweight, or lack of adipose tissue, is a condition with which the practitioner will often have to deal, as under nearly all abnormal conditions of the body, called dis-ease, the first result or evidence is loss of weight. The tendency of a perfectly normal body, after it passes the forty-fifth year, is to become muscular, or what is termed "thin." In all countries those who have lived to a very great age have been termed emaciated. However, there is a normal body-weight that can be maintained, and which indicates normal health. [Sidenote: Effects of emaciation] Emaciation is usually followed by general anemia and a weakening of nearly all the functions of the body. The memory, sight, hearing, all become impaired, while the taste or appetite usually becomes keener or more sensitive. This is caused by irritation of the mucous membrane of the stomach and the consequent presence of too much blood therein, the same as when intoxicating liquors are taken just before meals. Overwork, loss of sleep, unbalanced diet, worry, grief, or a period of extreme emotional tension, all have a tendency to disturb and derange the processes of metabolism. Under these conditions the body is very likely to lose weight, but there is always a fundamental cause which should be discovered and removed. EMACIATION OR UNDERWEIGHT--THE CAUSE There are a number of things which usually conspire to cause emaciation. Named in the order of their generality, they are as follows: [Sidenote: Physical causes of emaciation] 1 Overeating 2 Superacidity 3 Stomach and intestinal fermentation 4 Constipation 5 Autointoxication 6 Under-drinking of pure water 7 The use of tobacco, coffee and tea