Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-03-16
NURSERY COOKERY.
DIET IN DISEASE.
BY Christine Terhune Herrick.


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 it
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 a milk diet in
nearly every kind of d 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. Occa-
sionaly a small amount of ice cream, un-
favored or with little vanilla or lemon,
may he permitted, but everything eX-
cept milk is usually ruled out, if the
child has the tendency to nephritis that
is Interestingly prone to follow scarlet
fever. Even when the child is pro-
nounced conValescent. his diet must b.
amplfiel with extreme care, and it is
long time before it may be extended be-
yond simple cereals, cream toast, meat
jellies and bouillons, steWed fruits and
blanc mango
KOUMISS.
Boil three cups of fresh milk, and when
it is nearly cold put it into quart bot
tie. Add to it half an ounce (abOut half
tablespoonful of graduated white
sugar and a bit of a fresh yeas
cake about as large as small hazel nut.
Put in strong new cork and tie this
down. Some persons prefer to divide
the koumiss and put it into the beer bot
ties with pstent fastenings. Keep the
bottles on the side in a cool place for
L. l,f,tt 10 if.f4 1.lil
Al the end of this time it should be ready
for use Great care must be observed III
opening the bottle. OF the contents will
ny all over the room. Prepared koumiss
! may be procured alta druggist $ but 1t
is always cheaper and sometimes more
convenient to make it at home.
Very much the same diet as that
recommended for conNalesCents from
scarlet fever may be given to children
| suffering from WhoopinS cough. Tie
| disposition to vomit which often ac-
companies this disease renders it de-
sirable to give food that is easily assim-
| Hated. Besides milk and cream toaSts,
| junkets and cereals, with plenty of
| cream, custards and egSs, peptonlZed
milk and koumiss d 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 milk
| punch.
TEMPERANCE EGGNOG.
Proceed as in the foregoing recipe, but
for the wine or Spirits substitute a few
drops of manila laVOring or Of some sim
pie fruit syrup. The mixture thus made
will lack the stimulating powers of the
regular egsnog, but it VIII be very nutri-
tious, ana viii probably appeal more
strongly to d child's palate than the drink
containing liquor.
| Frequent feelings are essential in
| diphtheria. Where the strength of the
/ child must be kept up, and here, as in
mumps, tousilitis on quin-y the food must
/ be so soft as to be swallowed with as lit
! tie distress as possible to the iufamed
| thu oat The diet is Of especial import
auce in diphtheria and should be under
! the physicians immediate supervision.
1t must he extremely nutritious, and as
+ it must usually be given in mud form,
! the mothers ingenuity is taxed 20 make
! The succession of gruels, broths and
milk preparations attractive to the child,
( WHO by the very nature of the disease is
/ likely to manifest distaste for all food.
In diphtheria stimulauts must often be
resortcd to, but they are seldom neces
sary i'm mild cases of scarlet fever or
measles. In both of these troubles, as
well as in feverish colds. lemonade, not
over sweetened, may be drunk freely.
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