Nutrition and Dietetics; A Manual for Students of Medicine, for Trained Nurses, and for Dietitians in Hospitals and Other Institutions
Winfield Scott Hall
Paperback
(TheClassics.us, Sept. 12, 2013)
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ...simple anemia where the disturbance of nutrition is only slight, or at least has not reached the point where the specialist needs to bring his skill into action. In this stage no drugs need to be administered, as the condition can usually be corrected by a proper modification of the diet. If the general hygiene is not correct, that should, of course, also be modified. Mention has been made above of the importance of the iron-containing foods in these cases. The diet of the anemic person should have these two characteristics: it should be nourishing, and it should be easily digestible. Such a dietary as the following would be a rational one in this condition; BREAKFAST Eggs, two soft-boiled. Toast. Cereal coffee. Fruit, fresh. LUNCH Puree of split peas, croutons. Bread and butter. Celery-nut salad, mayonnaise dressing. Fruit, fresh, stewed, or canned. Cake. At 3 P.m. an egg lemonade. DINNER Bouillon. Tenderloin steak or lamb chops. Potato, baked. Spinach, egg garniture. Sliced tomatoes, mayonnaise. Dessert: Custard or gelatin fruit, or cornstarch fruit, or rice, with lemon or vanilla cream sauce. If the hygiene is correct, and if so nourishing and yet simple a diet as indicated above is digested and assimilated, there is no reason why, within a few weeks, there should not be a noticeable change in the color and general well-being of the individual. If the improvement is not noticeable within a month then the individual should consult a specialist. H. FOOD FOR THE AGED By aged in this connection we refer less to people who have reached a particular number of years of age than to people who have reached such an age as to have retired from all vigorous activities. Some people are aged at forty years; others are young at seventy. If one takes...