Encyclopedia of Diet: A Treatise on the Food Question, Vol. 2Christian, Eugene
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Encyclopedia of Diet: A Treatise on the Food Question, Vol. 2
Christian, Eugene
Diet; Diet in disease; Food
Three or four eggs whipped eight minutes; to each egg add one
teaspoonful of lemon juice, and a heaping teaspoonful of sugar;
whip this mixture into a quart of milk; drink slowly
DINNER
Smelts, or any small fish
A Spanish onion, baked in casserole dish
Corn bread
Buttermilk or skimmed milk
One fresh vegetable, cooked plain
In addition to this diet, there should be a regular daily schedule
of exercise and deep breathing, which the patient should be required
to carry out with rigid precision and regularity.
[Sidenote: Value of exercise and massage]
In nearly all cases of locomotor ataxia the body is unable to cast
off the generated poisons, or used-up tissue, the result being that
the new building material (food) taken in is not appropriated.
This condition of atrophy must be overcome by exercise, massage,
fomentation (wrapping the patient in a hot, wet blanket), or by
anything that will induce excessive superficial circulation.
If one afflicted with locomotor ataxia can be induced to arise
from his lethargy and exert himself, following the methods herein
suggested, a gradual increase in strength is very likely to be
experienced inside of two or three months, and sometimes a complete
arrest of the process may be expected in time.
The writer had a patient, a retired ship captain, who came under his
treatment after suffering for twelve years with locomotor ataxia,
and after twelve months declared himself cured. The only evidence
remaining of his former condition at this writing is shown when he
attempts to turn around suddenly, and his control of the lumbar
and motor muscles are undergoing such improvement that even this
symptom, it seems, will finally disappear.
In cases of Locomotor Ataxia:
OMIT EAT
Drugs of every character Carbohydrates--limited quantity
Intoxicants Corn hominy
Sex indulgence Dates, figs, honey
Stimulants and narcotics
{Beans
{Buckwheat
Foods {Cheese
rich in {Eggs
proteids {Fresh corn
and {Fish
albuminoids {Milk
such as {Nuts
{Peas
{Potatoes
{Whole wheat
Rice
Rye
COLDS, CATARRH, HAY FEVER, ASTHMA, INFLUENZA
[Sidenote: Overeating a common cause of capillary congestion]
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