The Portland daily press., 1900-03-16
NURSERY COOKERY.
DIET IN DISEASE.
BY Christine Terhune Herrick.

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 II
| is very simple and all that has been said
against overlooking or rich food may be
repeated and emphasized. More ana
more doctors incline to milk diet In
nearly every kind of 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 OF rlemon.
may be permitted, but everything ex-
cept milk is usually ruled out, II the
child has the tendency to nephritis that
is distressingly prone to follow scarlet
fever. Even when the child Is pro-
nounced convalescent, his diet must be
amplified with extreme care. and II is a
long time before 1t may be extended be-
yond simple cereals, cream toast, meat
jellies and bouillons, stewed fruits ana
blanc mango.
KoUMISS.
Boil three cups of fresh milk and when
II is nearly cold put 1t into quart bot
tie. Add TO II half an ounce (about half
a tablespoonfuD of granulated white
sugar and bit Of fresh yeast
cake about as large as small hazei nut
Put in a strong new cork and tie this
down. Some persons prefer to divide
the koumiss and put 1t into the beer bot
ties with patent fastenings. Keep the
bottles on the side in cool place Tor
six days, shaking each bottle twice daily.
AT the end Of this time II should be ready
| for use. Great care must be observed IN
opening the bottle, or the contents VIII
| dv all over the room. Prepared koumtss
may be procured at a druggists, but II
| 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 it de-
sirable 10 give food that is easily assim-
Hated Besides milk and cream toasts,
| junllets 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
| is:ered often and in small quantities
| and in cases of extreme weakness 1t 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 flavorlng 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 a 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, ,tonsilitis or Quinsy, the food must
| be so soft as to be swallowed with as lit
| tie distress as possible to the infiamed
| throat. The diet Is of especial import
ance in diphtheria and should be under
the physicians immediate supervision.
1t must be extremely nutritious, and as
it must usually be given in fluid form,
the mothers ingenuity is taxed to make
|
| milk preparations attractive to the child.
who by the very nature of the disease is
likely to manifest distaste for all food.
In diphtheria stimulants must often be
resorted to, but they are seldom neces-
sary in 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.
| None Of these complaints are the drain
| upon the mothers heart and strength
that is made by long wasting illness or
chronic weakness. Then, indeed, must
che use all her thoughts to devise tempt
ing dishes, all her skill TO render them
attractive. Mere convalescence sinks
! into insignihcance compared with the
toll Of nourishing, month after month, a
| child afflicted with tuberculosis, chronic
gastritis, or impaired vitality.
| (To be continued next week.)