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dinary stew (containiDg milk) are removed and 

 finely minced, then returned to the liquid portion 

 of the stew. The whole is brought to a temperature 

 of 100 F., the appropriate proportions of pancreatic 

 extract and sodium bicarbonate are added, and the 

 mixture maintained at the temperature mentioned 

 for thirty minutes, with occasional stirring. It is 

 then strained and served, and forms not only a 

 highly nutritious and palatable soup, but one which 

 is retained by very irritable stomachs, and utilized 

 with a minimum of digestive power. After boiling, 

 to prevent the further action of the digestive fer- 

 ment, gelatine may be added, and the mixture served 

 cold as a jelly. Cooked tomato, onion, celery, or 

 other flavoring suited to the individual taste of the 

 patient, may be added at the beginning of the arti- 

 ficial digestion, and the solid residue removed in the 

 final process of straining, at which time it will be 

 noticed that the minced oysters originally added 

 have been in great part dissolved. 



2. Pancreatized Milk-toast. Ordinary milk-toast, 

 in which there is an abundance of milk, when 

 digested in the manner just described," becomes an 

 almost homogeneous pulpy mass, which, when the 

 crusts have been removed, is usually acceptably 

 retained by the irritable stomach. In extreme cases, 



