One or two exceedingly ripe bananas peeled and baked in a hot oven One egg, whipped five minutes; sugar to taste; flavor with lemon or fruit-juice A glass of water LUNCHEON A salad of anything green Liberal portion of boiled onions DINNER Spinach, or a green salad, same as at luncheon Green beans, or peas, if in season, rejecting all the fiber; or, carrots or parsnips Two whipped eggs Baked banana, with butter or oil These menus are intended as a general guide. They may be modified by selecting such articles, in the same general class, as are in season. The following list of foods may be drawn upon to compose the menus, at the various seasons of the year: ----------------+----------------+----------------+---------------- | | | SPRING | SUMMER | FALL | WINTER | | | ----------------+----------------+----------------+---------------- | | | Asparagus | Carrots | Artichokes | Carrots Beets | Cauliflower | Beets | Parsnips Cabbage | Eggplant | Brussels | Potatoes Dandelion | Lettuce | sprouts | Pumpkin Lettuce | Okra | Carrots | Squash Onions | Onions | Cauliflower | Peas | Romaine | Eggplant | Potatoes | Spinach | Okra | Spinach | Squash | Potatoes | | Tomatoes | Squash | | | Sweet potatoes | | | Tomatoes | | | | ----------------+----------------+----------------+---------------- CHRONIC OR SEVERE CASES OF APPENDICITIS The errors in diet that cause fermentation and superacidity in the stomach will also cause fermentation and inflammation in the intestines. A constipated condition in the intestines so hinders the natural flow of food-matter that in extreme cases of inflammation and suppuration the congested matter might be forced into the vermiform appendix, thus causing what is termed "appendicitis," and under these conditions the removal of the appendix might be advisable, but in the opinion of the writer more lives have been sacrificed on the operating table than the old-fashioned doctors ever lost from "bowel inflammation" before this dis-ease was named "appendicitis," and before the knife was applied as a remedy. [Sidenote: Treatment in severe cases]