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Menu III. Eggs; bread and butter; fruit or some vegetable. 



Menu IV. Oatmeal with sugar and thin cream or whole milk; 

 fruit. 



Menu V. Baked beans, brown bread, apple sauce. 



Menu VI. Bread and cheese; onions. 



Menu VII. Meat; bread and butter; fruit or a succulent 

 vegetable. 



While the food combinations given above theoretically answer 

 all dietary requirements they may not be practical in those cases in 

 which food habits of long standing lead the individual to demand 

 a greater variety. The appetite acustomed to stronger fare might 

 pall if stimulated only with such simple mixtures. 



Simple menus show the way for planning more complex 

 dietaries, for whether the meal is to consist of bread, milk and 

 prunes or is to be extended to include a dozen other things, the 

 principle is the same, to combine foods rich in proteid, rich in 

 carbohydrate and fat, rich in salts, and bulky watery foods. Thus 

 instead of making a cream soup the main part of the meal, a small 

 portion may be served at the beginning of the meal. 



Menu VIII. Cream soup; bread and butter; meat; potatoes; 

 cabbage; baked apples and cream. 



If a meal similar to the above is planned, in which the soup 

 served is rich in nutriment and the main part of the meal is also 

 rich in nutriment, it will be unwise to serve a heavy dessert. Apples, 

 in this case, increase the bulk of the meal, give desired variety and 

 taste but do not materially increase the calorie value which is 

 already sufficient. 



Menu IX. Meat; potatoes; macaroni, bread and butter; bread 

 pudding. 



Menu X. Eggs; mashed potatoes; baked sweet potatoes; cus- 

 tard pie. 



The last two meals are poorly planned, not because they lack 

 proteid, fat or carbohydrate, but because there is a deficiency pi juicy 

 foods. The meals are too rich in heavy foods and too poor in those 

 which give bulk, mineral matter and fruit and vegetable acids. It 

 is never wise to serve two starchy vegetables at one meal. If 

 macaroni or rice or sweet potatoes are used they should take the place 

 of white potatoes and not be substituted for the succulent vegetables 

 as tomatoes, cabbage, onions. (Dept. Agr. F. B. 142; O. E. S. Circ. 

 110; Cornell Read. Course for Farmers' Wives, New Series II, No. 

 6-7; New Series II, Vol. 1, No. 2; 0. E. S. Bu. 29, 31, 37, 38, 52, 

 53, 55, 71, 75, 84, 91, 129, 149, 159, 223; 0. E. S. Am. Report, 

 1906-1910.) 



DRUGS AND DRUG LEGISLATION. 



Drug investigation began in the United States before 1821. 

 One of the chief objects of establishing the Philadelphia College of 

 Pharmacy, 1821, was to direct attention to the quality of drugs 

 brought into the market. The New York College of Pharmacy had 

 for a series of vears called attention to the fact that large quantities 

 of sophisticated and misnamed chemical and pharmaceutical prepa- 



