Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-03-22
NURSERY Cookery.
DIET IN DISEASE. Il
BY Christine Tsrhune HerricR.

CONTINUED from last week.)
when a little one is in the grip of some
dangerous enemy. such as fever of al
most any sort, his diet must be settled
by the attending physician. Usually 1t
is very simple, and all that has been said
against overlooking or rich food may be
repeated and emphasized. More and
more doctors incline to milk diet In |
nearly every kind Of a fever. This Is the
case In scarlet fever, where the milk is
often varied by koumiss. Sometimes
cream soups and light gruels of farina, |
arrowroot and the like are'given. ocea-
sionaly a small amount Of ice cream, I'M
favored or with little vanilla or lemon,
may be permitted, but everything ex-
cept milk is usually ruled out, If the
child has the tendency to nephritis that
is distressingiy prone to follow scarlet
fever. Even when the child Is pro-
nounced convalescent, his diet must be
amplified with extreme care, and 1t Is
long time before 1t may be extended be-
yond simple cereals, cream toast, meat
iellies and bouillons. stewed fruits and
blanc mango.
KOUMISS.
Boil three cups of fresh milk, and when
Il is nearly cold put it into a quart bot
tie. Add to L half an ounce (about half
a tablespoonful of graduated white
sugar and bit of a fresh yeast
cake about as large as small hazel nut.
Put in a strong new cork and tie this
down. Some persons prefer to divide
the koumiss and put IL into the beer bot
ties with patent fastenings. Keep the
bottles on the side in a cool place for
Ia, ,ob hot 10 fu-ipn dnilv
Al the end Of this time 1t should be ready
for use. Great care must be observed in
opening the bottle, or the contents will
fly all over the room. Prepared koumiss
may be procured at a druggists, but 1t
is always cheaper and sometimes more
convenient to make 1t at home.
Very much the same diet as that
recommended for convalescents from
scarlet fever may be given to children
suffering from whooping cough. The
disposition to vomit which often ac-
companies this disease renders 1t de-
sirable to give food that is easily assim-
Hated. Besides milk and cream toasts,
iunkets and cereals, with plenty of
cream, custards and eggs, peptonized
milk and koumiss, little meat extract
may be added to the gruels and matted
preparations may often be used with
advantage. The food should be admin
istered often and in small quantities.
and In cases of extreme weakness it is
sometimes wise to give eggnog or a milk
punch.
TEMPERANCE EGGNoG.
Proceed as in the foregoing recipe, but
for the wine or spirits substitute few
drops of manila flavoring or of some sim
pie fruit syrup. The mixture thus made
will lack the stimulating powers of the
regular eggnog, but 1t will be very nutri.
tious, and will probably appeal more
strongly to child's palate than the drinl
containing liquor.
Frequent feelings are essential ir
diphtheria, where the strength of the
child must be kept up, and here, as IL
humps, tonsilitis or quinsy, the food mus
be SO soft as to be swallowed with as lit
tie distress as possible to the infiamet
throat. The diet is of especial import
ance in diphtheria and should be undo
the physicians immediate supervision
1t must be extremely nutritious, and a
1t must usually be given in fluid form
the mothers ingenuity lie taxed to max
the succession of sruels broths an
milk preparations attractive to the child
who by the very nature of the disease
likely to manifest a distaste for all food
In diphtheria stimuiants must often b
resorted to, but they are seldom neces
sary In mild cases of scarlet fever @
measles. In both Of these troubles. a
well as in feverish colds, lemonade, nc
over sweetened, may be drunk freely.
None of these complaints are the drai
upon the mothers heart and strengt
that is made by long wasting illness c
chronic weakness. Then, indeed, mu:
che use all her thoughts to devise temp
ing dishes, all her skill to render thel
attractive. Mere convalescence sinh
into insignihcance compared with Il
toll of nourishing, month after month,
child afflicted with tuberculosis, chron
gastritis. or impaired vitality.
(To be continued, next week.l