GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Eat slowly and at regular hours; masticate thoroughly.

2. Take fluids moderately at meals; drink water freely at other times.

3. Avoid anxiety and business cares at table; rest for a while after meals.

4. Use laxative foods and drink an abundance of water to prevent constipation.

5. Do not partake of a great variety of dishes at any one time, nor eat large quantities of anything very hot or cold.

6. Rich dishes, fried foods, pastries, sweets, stimulants, and strong condiments, should be used, if at all, only in small amounts.

7. Under-cooked vegetables, overdone or hashed meats, hard-boiled eggs, and any articles habitually found to disagree, are to be avoided.

8. A moderate daily quantity of food for adults should average about—
10 ounces of animal food (fish, oysters, meat, poultry, eggs, etc.);
30 ounces of vegetable food (including bread and cereals); and
50 to 80 ounces of liquids, including tea, coffee or cocoa, but
principally water.—THOMPSON.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: