Diet and cookery for common ailments / by a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Phyllis Browne.

Date:
1894
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Credit: Diet and cookery for common ailments / by a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Phyllis Browne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    At the end of the book there will bo foimd a number of recipes for the preparation of foods suitable to illness in its more acute stages; these constitute “ liepud or slop diet,” and to these re- course may bo had if it be necessary to feed the patient before the arrival of the doctor; also, with his sanction, selection may be made therefrom during the course of the illness. With this exception, no attempt is made to guide the feeding of the sick: this must be in the hands of the medical attendant. Very curious notions prevail among the uninitiated in this respect; and the doctor who should diet his patient and omit the prescription sacred to Jupiter, would incur serious risk to his reputation. Yet the diet may be alone at fault, and simple regulations as to this all that is needful. The days of our Fairy Tales are not cpiite forgotten, and, when all is said and done, the most matter-of-fact amongst us dearly loves a little mystery. Drugs have their place, and, in our opinion, a most important ])lace; but diet in all cases takes precedence.
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