There is a prevalent thought that eggs and milk cause sluggish liver action. There is no physiological reason for this if too much food is not eaten. One often loses sight of the fact that milk is a food as well as a beverage, and that when milk constitutes an appreciable part of the diet other foods should be limited accordingly. The =DIET= may be selected from the following:[10] =Soups.=—Light broths and vegetable soup with a little bread toasted in the oven. =Fish.=—Raw oysters, fresh white fish. =Meats.=—Mutton, lamb, chicken or game. =Farinaceous.=—Whole wheat or graham bread and butter, toast buttered or dry, toasted crackers, cereals in small portions. =Vegetables.=—Fresh vegetables, plain salads of watercress, lettuce, and celery. =Desserts.=—Gelatins, fruits, cornstarch, ice cream, junket, simple puddings,—all with =very little sugar=. =Liquids.=—Hot water, lemonade, orangeade, toast water, buttermilk, loppard milk and unfermented grape juice,—not too sweet. =AVOID.=—All rich, highly seasoned foods, candies, cheese, pies, pastry, pan cakes, or any fried foods, salmon, herring, mackeral, bluefish, eels, dried fruits, nuts and liquors of all kinds. * * * * * [Sidenote: Gall Stones] The diet for gall stones need have no reduction in protein nor carbohydrates, since the oxidation, or the chemical action upon sugars is not interfered with. The presence of fat in the duodenum increases the flow of pancreatic juice which, in turn stimulates the flow of bile, so olive oil is often recommended in case of gall stones. * * * * * [Sidenote: Diabetes] is a serious disturbance of nutrition. It is known and tested by the appearance of sugar in the urine. However, the conclusion should not be drawn that one has diabetes if the urine test for a day shows sugar. This may be due to an excess of carbohydrates, particularly of sugar in the diet a day or two previous and all trace of it may disappear in a day. If continued tests for some period show an excess, nutritional disturbances are indicated. The most usual form of diabetes is _diabetes mellitus_. It is supposed to be due to a disturbance in the secretions from the pancreas. Experiments have shown that the general process of putting the carbohydrates in condition to be absorbed into the blood is controlled by a secretion from the pancreas.