In the cuisine of the vessel several alterations had to be made, for cooking was now almost obsolete, so the ranges and other former appliances and fittings were taken out to adapt the galley to the present wants, the modern food requiring little or no preparation, being composed almost entirely of the chemical constituents necessary to maintain the body in full health and vigour. Few people, therefore, need the same kind of food, each person’s formula being in the hands of a medical man. The doctors are responsible to the public, each practitioner having a limited number of patients in a certain district, in which he must reside, each person paying him an annual fee regulated by statute. For this the doctor has to examine the person at fixed periods, and analyse his blood when necessary in order to supply the lacking chemicals to re-establish his health. Both doctor and patient have their obligations; if the patient becomes worse the case can, if desirable, be reported to a referee who, if he finds the illness is not running its course but has been aggravated by a wrong formula, gives the patient an order to deduct a certain amount from the doctor’s fee. On the other hand, if the patient is at fault, by neglecting his doctor’s orders, or by such actions on his part as tend to bring on avoidable illness, or reduce his mental or physical strength, or minimise his chances of recovery, or in any way make him an unhealthy citizen, he is fined and put upon a rigid course of living till he recovers, during which he has to pay his doctor an extra heavy fee. By these means doctors understand their patients, who work so well with them as a rule that serious illness is now unknown, for toxins are met with antitoxins, and chemistry has become such a fine art that at the first sign of failing health chemicals can be given to counteract the illness and restore the normal conditions, and doctors can cure almost everything short of actual dissolution. These chemicals are given in the place of food, in the form of wafers or flexible capsules which are easily swallowed, or if actual meals are wanted, these are supplied chiefly in various kinds of chemical eggs, meat, fruit, vegetables, etc., all in air-tight capsules which are only broken just before use.