A spirometer should be secured, and an effort made to increase the capacity of the lungs one cubic inch each day until their utmost capacity has been reached.
The following menus are merely suggestive. They may be changed, selecting the articles mentioned in the foregoing tables, when available during the several seasons of the year:
GENERAL MENUS FOR WEAK LUNGS—CONSUMPTION
First Day:
BREAKFAST
A glass of clabbered milk, with a sprinkle of sugar
Two eggs whipped very thoroughly (See recipe, p. 678)
If constipated, take half a cup of coarse wheat bran, cooked. Serve as a breakfast cereal with butter or cream.
LUNCHEON