Night feeding consisting of milk, malted milk, or reënforced broth may be given at 12 M. and 4 A.M. if patient is awake.

The above diet may be varied by adding some of the beverages mentioned in the diet for tuberculosis or fevers.

Convalescent Diet Schedule.—As the acute symptoms subside and convalescence advances, the following diet may be instituted:

I

Breakfast3 to 4 oz. cereal gruel with 2 oz. cream.
1 soft-cooked egg.
10:30 A.M.6 oz. chicken broth, reënforced with egg, or 6 oz. albumenized orange or grape juice.
1 P.M.6 oz. oyster soup with rolled crackers.
¼ cup wine jelly with 1 tbs. cream.
1 glass (6 oz.) milk—2 parts milk, 1 part cream.
3 P.M.Milk shake (4 oz. milk, 1 egg white).
Supper4 oz. farina with 1 oz. cream.
6 oz. cocoa.
9 P.M.6 oz. malted milk.
Hot milk, broth, or malted milk may be given during thenight at 12 or 4 A.M. if patient is awake.

II

Breakfast4 oz. orange juice on cracked ice.
3 or 4 oz. strained oatmeal with cream or butter.
1 slice soft toast.
6 oz. cocoa.
10 A.M.1 soft-cooked egg on toast.
6 oz. milk.
Dinner6 oz. cream of celery soup.
2 oz. rice.
4 oz. custard (soft or baked).
6 oz. milk or cocoa.
3 P.M.5 oz. cream, egg, and vichy.
Supper1 soft-cooked egg.
1 small baked potato.
6 oz. cocoa or malted milk.

III

BreakfastStewed prunes.
3 or 4 oz. cream of wheat with 1 oz. cream.
1 soft-cooked egg.
1 slice of toast with butter.
6 oz. cocoa or milk.
10:30 A.M.Eggnog (1 egg, 4 oz. milk, 2 oz. cream, 1 tbs. whisky or sherry wine).
DinnerCream of spinach soup.
2 oz. mashed potatoes.
2 oz. green peas.
1 slice toast with butter.
2 oz. rice or tapioca custard.
3 P.M.6 oz. albumenized fruit juice.
Supper1 slice toast.
1 poached egg.
6 oz. cocoa or hot milk.
2 or 3 oz. stewed fruit or prune whip.

The diet may be reënforced with lactose and meat added only when convalescence is well established.