[115] The above diets used in the Olmstead Hospital, Rochester, Minn. Courtesy of M. Foley and D. Ellithorpe, Mayo Clinic.

[116] See Section of Recipes, p. [145].

[117] For more extensive lists see [Table of “Ash Constituents of Common Food,”] pp. 472 to 477.

[118] “Journal of Internal Medicine,” Vol. XIV, 1914.

[119] Ibid.

[120] “Food for the Sick,” p. 108, by Strouse and Perry.

[121] Beans and peas belong to the class of foods known as legumes, which are high in protein and must be treated as any other protein food.

[122] Author’s list and diet sheets.

[123] Meats of all sorts should be boiled, or only the inside portions allowed.

[124] Some physicians exclude ice cream from the diet, while others permit a small portion, provided it is not so rich as to cause digestional disturbances.