The two night feedings may be omitted if patient is asleep.
These diets will be seen to be below the maintenance requirements in health, but the need for care in preventing gastro-intestinal disturbances makes it safer to have it so for a few days, especially if the elevation of temperature is great. After the temperature becomes normal the following foods may be added to the diet:
Soft or Convalescent Diet.—Cream soups, soft-cooked, creamed, or poached egg, soft or baked custard, junkets, egg, cocoa, or plain vanilla ice cream, soft toast, milk or cream, buttered toast, cereals, gelatin jellies, fruit, wine, or meat jellies, vegetable purées, baked white potato, apple sauce, baked apple, fruit whip, blanc-mange, broiled lamb chops, beefsteak, or chicken, sweetbreads, broiled or creamed brains.
Sample Menus.—The following menu is a sample convalescent dietary:
Breakfast
| 7:30 A.M. | Cream of wheat 3 oz., cream 1 oz. |
| 1 soft-cooked or poached egg. | |
| 1 slice of toast buttered. | |
| 6 oz. cocoa or milk flavored with coffee. | |
| 2 tablespoonfuls of strained prune pulp with 2 oz. cream. | |
| 10:30 A.M. | Albumenized orange juice. |
Dinner
| 12:30 P.M. | Cream of pea soup, 6 oz. |
| 1 baked potato with butter. | |
| 1 slice of buttered toast. | |
| 1 cup of cocoa or 1 glass of milk or buttermilk. | |
| 3:30 P.M. | Ginger ale and milk, 3 oz. each. |
Supper
| 6 P.M. | 2 slices of buttered toast moistened with 4 oz. milk and 2 oz. cream. |
| 1 soft-cooked egg or 3 tablespoonfuls of well-cooked cereal or 2 tablespoonfuls of boiled rice. | |
| 2 tablespoonfuls of apple sauce served with 1 tablespoonful of cream. | |
| 1 cup of cocoa, malted milk, whole milk, or buttermilk. | |
| 9 P.M. | 4 oz. hot milk, 2 oz. cream, or 1 cup of cocoa or malted milk. |