Part 38

BREAKFAST

Cantaloup or peaches One banana Three or four egg whites, Melon or peaches with thin whipped--mix with two cream glasses of fresh milk Three eggs, whipped with A spoonful of nuts (choice) very little sugar and fruit juice

LUNCHEON

Choice of lima beans or a A very small piece of fish baked potato Boiled corn, beets, or a A salad of lettuce and fresh baked potato tomatoes, eaten with One fig, with cream cheese lemon juice, sugar, and a spoonful of mixed nuts Two eggs, whipped

DINNER

Choice of squash, boiled An ear of corn onions, or corn One and one-half glasses A salad of anything green of buttermilk with egg One glass of buttermilk, whites mixed with two whipped Two or three very ripe egg whites peaches with cream and One or two tablespoonfuls sugar of nuts (choice) Home-made ice-cream

I would advise two or three very ripe peaches just before retiring at night, and just after rising in the morning.

SUPPLEMENTARY DINNER

(To be taken if there is a craving for flesh or salty food)

One ear of corn (boiled) Fish, lobster, or white meat of chicken A small baked potato A salad of lettuce or endive

FALL MENU

TUBERCULAR TENDENCY

CONSTIPATION--NERVOUSNESS--CATARRH

On rising, devote from three to five minutes to deep breathing exercises before an open window, preferably movements 3 and 5, as shown in Vol. V, pp. 1344 and 1345. Eat a bunch of grapes, thoroughly masticating the skins, swallowing seeds and pulp whole. Drink two glasses of water. If the weather is cold, the water should be heated.

BREAKFAST

Half a cup of wheat bran, cooked, eaten with cream A small bunch of grapes Two eggs, whipped about six or seven minutes; add a teaspoonful of sugar and a tablespoonful of olive-oil, while whipping One extremely ripe banana; serve with cream and either nut butter or nuts (The banana should be baked, if not very ripe)

LUNCHEON

One fresh vegetable--carrots, parsnips, or turnips A boiled onion A baked potato One egg, cooked two minutes, eaten with the potato skins Fresh butter A cup of hot water at the close of the meal

DINNER

Half a cup of wheat bran, cooked Two or three eggs, prepared as for breakfast One extremely ripe banana and a few soaked prunes (A very small, baked white potato may be taken if something salty is desired) A bunch of grapes

Just before retiring, eat a small bunch of grapes and drink a cup of hot water. Devote from three to five minutes to exercises which have already been prescribed for the morning.

These meals may be varied by changing the vegetables, and now and then substituting for the eggs a portion of fresh fish or a glass of buttermilk.

If the quantity of food prescribed does not seem sufficient, it might be slightly increased; however, do not increase it beyond the limits of normal hunger. The best combinations of food, when taken in excess of the bodily needs, undergo a form of decomposition, and become a prolific source of dis-ease.

WINTER MENU

_TUBERCULAR TENDENCY

CONSTIPATION--NERVOUSNESS--CATARRH_

BREAKFAST

Two very ripe, red bananas, baked Nuts, cream, raisins Two whipped eggs; sugar; flavor to taste A spoonful of wheat bran