HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICINES. Xlii 



valescent, more substantial food may be allowed in 

 moderate quantities ; such as beef tea or chicken tea 

 thickened with pearl barley, arrowroot, or sago, boiled 

 rice, boiled chicken, or a sweetbread ; toast, rice, and 

 bread pudding, and if there exists no derangement of 

 the stomach or bowels, a few grapes, strawberries, o 

 peaches may be taken. In chronic diseases, almost 

 every variety of wholesome, nutritious, and easily 

 digested food may be allowed, providing it does not 

 answer the description of such kinds of aliments as are 

 above prohibited. 



As an ordinary beverage pure water should be allowed 

 in all cases, toast-water, apple- water, barley-water, or 

 rice-water, with an occasional glass of sound Burgundy, 

 Carlowitz, or Somlau. 



