After twenty days the patient, if all is well, may very gradually resume a normal diet, beginning with baked potatoes, softened toast, lamb chops, a small piece of steak or white meat of chicken. It is imperative that all food, liquid or solid, be thoroughly mixed with saliva and that solids be chewed to a pulp. Liquids must not be swallowed either hot or cold, but about body temperature. Cold water may be taken into the mouth when more palatable than warm and held there until about body temperature before it is swallowed. All liquids should be sipped, not swallowed in gulps. When the condition of ulcer has existed for some time complete rest in bed for from six to ten weeks is advisable. Either the diet suggested above or, if it is desired to gain in weight, a diet of milk, cream, and eggs may be followed. All solid food should be avoided. _INTESTINAL DISORDERS_ Most cases of intestinal difficulties may be traced to a clogged condition, either due to a weakness of the nerves and of the intestinal muscles, with resultant weak peristalsis, or to insufficient lubrication. If the waste is not promptly moved through the intestines, irritation may result and the poisons from bacterial fermentation will be absorbed by the system. Deranged digestion in the stomach also interferes with digestion in the intestines. Likewise delayed intestinal digestion affects digestion in the stomach. * * * * * [Sidenote: Constipation] A large number of cases of constipation become chronic because of the failure to respond to Nature’s call at a regular time each day. Many others are due to weakness of the muscular walls of the intestines or to the nerves controlling them. In this event the intestinal peristalsis is weak. Constipation may be mechanical, due to obstruction of the intestine in some part of its course, _e. g._, prolapsus, tumor, or a kink in the bowel itself. Still another cause is a failure of the liver to discharge sufficient bile into the intestines to lubricate the feces. Many chronic cases are due to the pill and drug habit. When one continues to take pills, the condition brings a result similar to the feeding of “predigested” food—if the work is done for the organs they become lazy and rely on artificial aid. _Every part of the body requires activity for strength._ If the intestines are cramped by the clothing it may cause constipation by restraining their normal exercise during movements of the body in walking, etc. Exercises for the intestines should be taken morning and night. Constipation may exist even when there apparently is a daily movement of the bowels. Material may accumulate in the large intestine because only a part of the contents is discharged and may cause the unpleasant symptoms which accompany constipation. It may arise from irregularity in meals, or from overeating, thus causing derangements of digestion from disturbance of the normal process.