CHAPTER XXIII.. Dietetics.

DIETETICS.

Nearly two hundred recipes, including: Drinks for the sick--Gruels--Jellies--Bread--Gems--Toast--Puddings--Eggs--Oysters and miscellaneous dishes--The outgrowth of experience on a scientific basis--Healthy food made palatable, suiting the fastidious and capricious taste of the invalid--Dainty dishes for the sick 286-320

A FAMILIAR LETTER.

TO THE READER FROM THE AUTHOR.

Regulating sex--Various theories--Limiting offspring--Maternal instinct sovereign in women--Law of ovulation--Law of continence--Other methods--Effects of tobacco--Testimonials--Reasons of failure--“Mind cure” a reality 321-350

AUTHOR’S SPECIAL REQUEST 351

GLOSSARY 351

INDEX 357

INDEX OF DIETETICS 364

ILLUSTRATIONS AND EXPLANATION OF PLATES--See Pocket.

TOKOLOGY.