| Tomato bouillon. | |
| Roast lamb. | |
| String beans. | |
| Potatoes baked with jackets on. | |
| Celery salad, dressed with plenty of oil and lemon juice. | |
| Prune jelly with whipped cream. |
Breakfast
| Prunes and figs cooked together. | |
| Slice of ham with 1 soft-cooked, poached, or scrambled egg. | |
| Whole wheat or bran biscuits. | |
| Coffee with cream and sugar. |
Luncheon
| Vegetable soup. | |
| Pork and beans. | |
| Boston brown bread. | |
| Baked apple (skin eaten). | |
| Oatmeal wafers. |
Dinner
| Roast beef. | |
| Spinach or cauliflower served with butter sauce. | |
| Cold slaw. | |
| Pineapple jelly (pineapple left in), whipped cream, | |
| or | |
| Date and fig pudding. |
AUTO-INTOXICATION
Auto-intoxication is a condition produced by the absorption of the decomposition products of food in the intestinal canal.
Absorption of Toxins.—As a rule the condition occurs in individuals suffering more or less from constipation which may be due to errors in diet or a lack of tone in the intestines, giving rise to a sluggishness in the peristaltic movements in this region of the alimentary canal. In certain individuals the liver is more or less sluggish, or in some way fails to do its regular work of detoxifying the products of metabolism brought in by the blood stream, in which case these toxins are reabsorbed into the system and induce a condition known as auto-intoxication.