Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-08-09
CARE OF THE SICK.
SOME SUGGESTIONS FROM AN
EMINENT AUTHORITY.

SOME SUGGESTIONS FROM An
EMINENT AUTHORITY.
The Preparation of Food and Drink \
for the Siok-Uhat will Aid and
What Retard COnvalescence.-
Facts that Will ESave Doctors
Bills.
Dietetic and Hygenic Gazette.
In acute infiammatory rheumatism
meat in any form is to be avoided,
while fruit, green vegetables, gruels
and vegetable soups are likely to prove
beneficial. Hysterical subjects need a
generous meat diet, and should avoid
spirituous and fermented liquors.
Consumptives require a liberal diet,
and should partake freely of SUBJ
stances rich in fat, as meats and prep
arations of cream or milk In diabetes,
the diet should be highly nourishing
and varied, and should include all
meats-excepting liver-and vegeta-
bles not rich in starch or sugar; while
all starchy and saccharine foods, malt
liquors and wines are to be avoided.
In diseases OF the heart, dry, nourish-
ing diet is most conducive to the COM
fort OF the invalid, as liquids are alb
sorbed slowly; the table should be
generous, but stimulants and strong
coffee should he excluded, as they
readily excite the hearts action.
Before presenting the various re.
ceipts and formulas available for pre-
pairing special varieties of food and
drink for the sick and infirm, we would
call attention to the fact that so-called
" dieting" can easily be carried to ex-
tremcs, and that due nourishment
may thus be withheld from bodies and
organs in which vitality is running
low. Referring to this subject, the
late Prof. Gross. of Philadelphia-to
whose utterances the weight OF au-
thority has always been accorded
once said:
The diet of the sick room has
slain its thousands and tens OF thous-
ands. Broths, and slops, and jellies,
and custards, and ptisans are usually
as disgusting as they are pernicious.
Men worn out by disease and injury
must have nutritious and concen trated
food. The ordinary preparations for
the sick are, in general, not only not
nutritious, but inspid and tlatulent.
Animal soups are among the most ef-
ticient supporters OF the exhausted
system, and every medical man should
know how to give directions for their
preparation. The life OF man is his
food. Solid articles are, of course,
withheld in acute diseases in the ear
lier stages; but when the patient be-
gins to convalesce, they are frequently
borne with impunity, and greatly pro-
mote recovery. All animal soups
should be made of lean meat, and
their nutritious properties, as well as
their flavor, may be much increased
by the addition OF some vegetable SUBJ
stances, as rice or barley"
The following rules, suggested by
DIR. Napheys, should always be OBJ
served in preparing, cooking and serv-
ing food for the sick:
All the utensils employed should be
scrupulously clean. Never make a
large quantity OF one thing at a time.
Serve everything in as tempting and
elegant a form as possible. Put only
a small quantity of an article ON q
dish at time. Keep milk and other
delicacies on ice i'll warm weather.
Never leave food about u sick room.
Prevent, as far as possible, the odor OF
food i'll process of preparation from
reaching the sick room. Never offer
beef tea or broth with the smallest
particle of fat or grease on it, nor milk
that is sour, nor meat or soup that is
turned, nor an egg that is bad, nor
vegetables that are underdone.
Milk is Justly held in high esteem
as an article OF diet for the sick. AS a
rule, it is agreeable to the palate and
easy OF digestion; still, in order to in
sure its highest usefulness, due man
agement is necessary. A simple fresh
milk diet is not only monotonous,
but frequently occasions trouble.
Biliousness may ensue and gastric and
intestinal irritation supervene; while
the purity and innocuousness of fresh
cows milk may many times be ques-
toned. Only milk recently drawn
from the udder should be used in the
sick room, and, ON the score OF safety,
this should be boiled as soon as re-
ceived and set in cool place. As
nourishing beverage, this boiled milk
may be served either cold or luke
warm, and for weak stomachs may be
greatly improved by the addition
when administered-of an equal
quantity of carbonated water.
Conclusion next week
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