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to remove every cause of exhaustion. A diet carefully 

 selected in reference to its digestibility and nutritious 

 qualities is the first requisite. Fresh rnilk, if easily 

 digested, forms a valuable item in this respect; concen- 

 trated beef tea, made of equal parts of beef, mutton, and 

 veal (which I have designated the " triple alliance "), 

 thickened with the finest Scotch oatmeal or Indian 

 corn, both of which are rich in nitrogenous matter and 

 fat, forms another ; well-made cocoa diluted with half 

 its weight of fresh milk; stewed venison; stewed oysters ; 

 stewed rump-steak, or a loin chop ; eels stewed in milk, 

 to which may be added a little cream ; stewed chicken 

 and rice ; macaroni boiled in milk ; rice, arrowroot, or 

 vermicelli blancmange ; and "nourishing soups," all of 

 which are very nourishing, non-stimulating, and digest- 

 ible little dishes. To make nourishing soup : " stew two 

 ounces of the best well-washed pearl sago in a pint of 

 water till it is quite tender and very thick, then mix it 

 with half a pint of good boiling cream, and the yolks of 

 two or three fresh eggs. Blend the whole carefully with 

 one quart of essence of beef, or the "triple alliance." 

 The essence must first be heated separately, and mixed 

 while both mixtures are hot. A little of this may be 

 warmed up when required. If it be absolutely necessary 

 at this stage to prescribe stimulants, they should be 

 selected from the purest and mildest kinds, and in very 

 moderate quantity, with a glass of sound Burgundy, Hock, 

 or the Hungarian Somlau, or Edinburgh. 



The acute gastro-enteric catarrh, which is generally 

 accompanied by low typhoid symptoms, a frequent 

 phase of the disease in its last stage, should be treated 

 by the mineral acids, China, Zincum, and Arsenicum, and 

 all other complications by their appropriate remedies. 



