The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-10-28
THE HOME DOCTOR.
MIX Diet for the sick.

will may give the medicine. In all i'll
ness far more depends upon the proper
feeding of the sick person than is gen
orally believed. If the strength is sus-
tanned from the beginning by nourish-
ment, given iudiciously, there is a better
prosp ct of its being equal to the de-
mand that must be made upon it later.
Begin, then, from the first to give
liquid nourishment in small quantities
frequently. 1t is more easily swallowed
and digested than anything solid, how
ever delicately prepared, and as there
is generally thirst, It is, as a rule, readily
taken. The chief reliance must be
placed on mil One pint is equal to
full.sized mutton chop, and it is incom-
parably more nourishing than animal
broth, not excepting beef tea, that has
too long held a rank to which its merits
are far from emitting it.
Boiling meat coagulates the albumen,
the principal nutritive element, con-
verting it into solid which is carefully
eliminated when the broth is strained,
leaving behind mass of shreds float
ing in water. Milk, on the contrary,
contains fourteen per cent. of solid
matter, and is rich in the constituents
necessary to supply the wants of the
system. One eighth part limewater
added to the milk will prevent il from
disagreeing with the most fastidious
stomach. Where there is no nausea a
small tumblerful may be given every two
hours. If there is the slightest ten.
dency to sickness it must be omitted
for an hour or two, and then resumed
in very small quantities, tablespoon
full or less being given, iced, or as cold
as possible, every half hour until the
disagreeable feeling has passed away.
If the sick person is fond of milk, he
will take it for some time without grow
ing weary of it; when it begins to pail
the nurse must tax her ingenuity to
make change. If stimulantis ordered,
it may be put in the milk. A teaspoon
full of sugar, with few drops of essence
of vanilla, alternated with essence of
lemon or rose water, makes pleasant
variety. II tea and coffee are permitted
by the physician, enough of either to
flavor the milk may be added without
producing any injurious effect.
When the yolk of an egg cannot be
borne, the white may be given with per
feet impunity. Albumenized milk is
prepared by shaking in a wide, ,mouthed
bottle or jar one pint of milk with the
whites of two eggs, These are SO thor
oughly incorporated by this process
that few would suspect their presence,
and the mixture is much more nourish-
ing than the milk alone. A delicious
egg-nog is made by beating the yolk of
an egg separately and adding to it three
teaspoonfuls of sugar, with the juice OF
half lemon squeezed on it; when well
mixed the milk is poured in the white
beaten to q stiff froth with small tea
spoonful of sugar and few drops Of
lemon Juice is heaped on the top or
beaten through the milk, according to
the fancy Of the maker. Orange juice
may be substituted for the lemon, OF
sherry used to give it favor when stim-
ulant is allowed. Albumenized water
is refreshing and at the same time a
nourishing drink, 1t is prepared like
the milk, by shaking together the whites
of two eggs and pint OF cold water,
and favored with lemon juice, a slice Of
lemon being left floating in the glass
Gold toast-water can be used to make it,
Sometimes when an invalid is tired OF
milk in every other form he will take ii
in the shape of ice-cream not the de.
leterious compound consisting princi-
pally of corn.slarch, and in which the
cream is conspicuous by its absence,
but wholesome homemade ice-cream
with nothing in it but good, rich cream,
pure sweet milk, white Of eggs--the
yolks should be omitted except for con
valescents IA little sugar and flavoring
A thin boiled custard, made with two
eggs to pint OF milk and given cold, is
pleasant change Oatmeal, Indian
meal and barley Cruel, made with
plenty Of milk, are desirable articles Of
diet. II chocolate or cocoa can be
borne, a little added to the milk will
disguise the taste of which tho palate
has grown weary. In short, milk being
the staple, there is practically no limit
to the various ways in which clever
nurse can disguise it, to the great com
fort and benefit Of her patient, who
would be more surprised than any one
il he were told he was living principally
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