The following menus should be adopted in the treatment of ordinary cases of Insomnia:
In cases of insomnia:
| OMIT | EAT |
| Distilled and malted liquors | All fresh vegetables |
| Drugs of every kind | Coarse cereals, boiled whole |
| Desserts | Egg whites |
| Flesh foods | Leafy salads |
| Soda-fountain drinks | Nuts |
| Tea and coffee | Wheat bran, if constipated |
| White bread |
Mastication should be very thorough. Eat sparingly at the evening meal. Two meals a day preferred, 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Drink plain water.
RHEUMATISM—GOUT
These disorders are grouped under the same heading because they are of identical origin.
Why rheumatism manifests itself largely in the joints
In the average body of five feet eight inches in height, there are about 2,000 miles of tubing, classified under the various names of arteries, veins, capillaries, and nerves. Altogether this is called the circulatory system. A vast amount of this system is infinitely small. Every atom of food taken into the circulation that is not used or converted into energy passes into some of these infinitely small tubes and nerve fibers. These tubes are susceptible of considerable expansion in the fleshy part of the body, but where they pass through the joints or cartilage, there is but little expansion. There these undissolved atoms are most likely to congest, therefore the first expression of rheumatism is usually in the joints. If it takes place at the terminals (fingers or toes), it is called gout; if in the muscles, it is called muscular or inflammatory rheumatism. This congestion accounts for the stiffness and lack of elasticity in the joints. These accumulated atoms become in time almost as hard as bone.