After the first day or two, the following diet should be adopted and continued for a few days until the pain has ceased and the bowels are restored to normal action:
BREAKFAST
A cup of hot water
One or two exceedingly ripe bananas peeled and baked in a hot oven
One egg, whipped five minutes; sugar to taste; flavor with lemon or fruit-juice
A glass of water
LUNCHEON
A salad of anything green
Liberal portion of boiled onions
DINNER>
Spinach, or a green salad, same as at luncheon
Green beans, or peas, if in season, rejecting all the fiber; or, carrots or parsnips
Two whipped eggs
Baked banana, with butter or oil
These menus are intended as a general guide. They may be modified by selecting such articles, in the same general class, as are in season.
The following list of foods may be drawn upon to compose the menus, at the various seasons of the year:
| SPRING | SUMMER | FALL | WINTER |
| Asparagus | Carrots | Artichokes | Carrots |
| Beets | Cauliflower | Beets | Parsnips |
| Cabbage | Eggplant | Brussels | Potatoes |
| Dandelion | Lettuce | sprouts | Pumpkin |
| Lettuce | Okra | Carrots | Squash |
| Onions | Onions | Cauliflower | |
| Peas | Romaine | Eggplant | |
| Potatoes | Spinach | Okra | |
| Spinach | Squash | Potatoes | |
| Tomatoes | Squash | ||
| Sweet potatoes | |||
| Tomatoes |
CHRONIC OR SEVERE CASES OF APPENDICITIS
The errors in diet that cause fermentation and superacidity in the stomach will also cause fermentation and inflammation in the intestines.
A constipated condition in the intestines so hinders the natural flow of food-matter that in extreme cases of inflammation and suppuration the congested matter might be forced into the vermiform appendix, thus causing what is termed "appendicitis," and under these conditions the removal of the appendix might be advisable, but in the opinion of the writer more lives have been sacrificed on the operating table than the old-fashioned doctors ever lost from "bowel inflammation" before this dis-ease was named "appendicitis," and before the knife was applied as a remedy.
Treatment in severe cases
There should be injected into the rectum a tablespoonful of olive-oil, followed immediately by an enema of hot water at a temperature of about 115 degrees. This should be retained as long as possible. In order to aid in this process, the head might be lowered, and the feet slightly elevated so as to relieve the strain upon the rectal muscles. In very severe cases an ice pack may be placed over the lower abdomen for five minutes. The ice pack should be kept in place until the temperature is lowered and the pain relieved.