b A baked potato, with butter
LUNCHEON
A baked omelet (See recipe, p. 678)
DINNER
Soup—cream of pea or celery; very small portion
A whipped egg or shad roe
A small baked potato
If the bowels should become slightly constipated, a spoonful of wheat bran, thoroughly cooked, and served as an ordinary cereal, should be taken with both the morning and the evening meal.
The quantity of food should be governed by the condition of the patient as to strength, and as to powers of digestion and assimilation.