Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-25
FOR BRIoHr's DISEASE.
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No subject is more Frequently in'
auiEsd about in the mail hag ~ ihls
office than the one which - the
subject OF this paper
bFishI's disease Is not KILLING
disease in the sense that some dis
eases are. n is a disease which one
can live with, or in spite OF, which
ever way you want 10 put u, Tor \
long time. provided one learns the
art. and. having learned u. pfae.
Ilees IL.
All these facts arc understood by
a great many people, Many OF them
have the idea that the art OF living
with RFisht's disease Is matter OF
regulating the diet That under
standing is about so per cent fact
and so per cent fiction,
Here is a page from the book OF
facts,
In any case OF Rrights disease,
accompanied by dFopsy, the diet
should be salt free, In dfopsy an
excess Of water is held in the tissues,
Salt In the tissues holds u there. IL
the diet contains minimum amount
OF salt IL will be easier 20 get the
surplus water out Of the tissues,
But a salt-free diet cannot he long
continued. for more reasons than
one. Therefore, after period Of
sslt-free diet the menu should be
changed TO one low in salt.
In acute Rrlght's disease II II
proper 10 set period OF low diet
almost starvation diet-say. ono
limited TO fruit juices and water.
one In: Put four ounces of raislns
In a pint OF water. Stew for 20 min
utes; add enough water 10 make one
pint.
or sugar water: Kelloss's for
muia is TO Dissolve two ounces OF malt
sugar in n pint OF water.
The water used with fruit juice
should be plain water. or. at most. 4
carbonated water low In mineral
matter.
After a few days Of this II is al
lowable TO pass TO diet OF milk and
water.
Although sugar and water. fruit
Juice and water. and even milk and
water are easily digested and furnish
a fair allowance of calories. they arc
not complete foods, and n diet OF
this kind cannot be continued for
more than a few weeks.
Presently the patient becomes
pale as well as weak.
At this stage foods containing iron
are needed. Among the best OF these
are spinach. all forms Of green's.
whole wheat bread. cereals. There
must be plenty OF vegetables and
fruit and a fair allowance OF milk.
fair allowance OF fats, and especial
ly cream and butter are advisable.
And, finally, the patient with
chronic Bright's disease. slowly pro-
crossing and without much tendency
to dropsy or disturbance of vision.
is very much disposed to 60 too far
in his dieting. As a rule he is pale
because his food does not contain
enough iron. II he watches his diet
closely he probably eats less meat
than he needs. He can eat a small
daily allowance Of meat provided he
obeys certain laws.
He should avoid constipation.
He should not eat meat extracts,
bouillon. meat soups. very highly
breads, kidney or liver, or condi-
ments of any kind. ...
1t 10 doubtful il he should drink
coffee or tea in any quantity. He
has no business eating cranberries
or pieplant or sorrei.
The best meat is boiled meat and
soup stock meat.
Above all. he should avoid heavy
meals-gourmandizing.
Says Kellogg: MANY Christmas
dinner or Thanksgiving feast has
been the introduction to a tragedy"
1. Clark's Character Training of
Children" tells you what to do with
the youngest. You will have to try
the secondhand book stores, as the
first edition is exhausted and the
second is not ready.
2. Continue your present plan.
Five meals a day at her age is bet
ter. Have you a copy of "The Right
Food for the Growing Child?
3A. Average weight, girls Is
months, 21Zs pounds; average
height, 30h inches. :
B. Write your state board OF
health.
"A. Yes.
B. am muchly married. am
sorry to say I have accumulated
them mature years."
5. Yes, it is good.
s. The plan is all right provided
you do not take liberties with the
noon meal.
Foods Containing Sulphur.
J. B. writes: "What are the yese-