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to appreciate that. Consequently general measures 

 aimed at allowing the best conditions for recovery of 

 the intestine should be well borne in mind. For this 

 purpose, apparently, is the use of bismuth. Such a 

 diseased person should be governed by much the same 

 rules as in any comparable ulcerative state of the 

 bow^el. Confinement to bed during the active phase 

 of the disease and consistent with the physical state 

 during convalescence is of importance. 



The diet is probably of more consequence than one 

 may now conclusively state, in fact there are indica- 

 tions that the diet may be an important factor in the 

 aggressiveness of the amoeba. A bland liquid diet 

 during an acute attack (Deeks specifies milk) and well 

 balanced, nutritious, but not heavy feeding of non- 

 irritating foods during the treatment of any form of 

 the condition should be attended to. A reduction of 

 the carbohydrates of the diet, sufficient protein, par- 

 ticular attention to green vegetables and fresh fruits, 

 are to be recommended. 



At the risk of being burdensome the writer w^ould 

 re-emphasize to practitioners that treatment is of 

 both specific and non-specific kinds. The specific 

 drugs must be given in sufficient dosage or long 

 enough to kill out the amoeba. The non-specific 

 is such as one would use for any similar pathologic 

 state, remembering the nature, extent and loca- 

 tion and the time required for the healing of such 

 lesions.^ 



Of the newer measures of treatment, that out- 



