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.