Dietetic Treatment.—Diet adjusted to meet the needs of the individual case as determined by the medical examination.
Instruction to Patient.—Individual warned against overeating, drinking and constipation.
PROBLEMS
(a) Formulate a diet order for a patient suffering from chronic gastritis. (Individual’s food requirements must be observed.)
(b) Formulate a diet for gastric ulceration. List the available foods; the avoidable foods.
(c) Outline a diet to be used in case of gastric cancer; show how it differs from the one used in gastric ulceration.
FOOTNOTES:
[92] It is also customary to give the patient a bismuth or barium meal in order that an X-ray and fluoroscopic examination may be made to determine the character and extent of the disturbance.
[93] “Diseases of the Stomach,” by Boas.