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slightly increased bulk of food stuffs. In the case of the consumptive working 
classes this last rule does not always apply, since they are used to taking 
diets of large bulk. 
(5) The meals should be given at considerable intervals; they should be 
well cooked and as varied as possible. 
Standard Diet for the Treatment of the average Tubercular Patient. 
The following table gives the nutritive value of the average diets taken by 
49 tubercular patients throughout their course of sanatorium treatment. 
These 49 patients have been selected inasmuch as they all made very good 
recoveries. 
The average of these 49 satisfactory diets works out at 
Proteid. Fat. Carbohydrate. Calories. 
150 150 250 3000 
These figures, in our opinion, may be taken as representing the nutritive 
value of a diet which is satisfactory as a standard diet for the treatment of 
the average person suffering from tuberculosis. We have, as a matter of 
fact, adopted this standard in our sanatorium practice for the past few 
years, and found it to be most satisfactory. The standard diet which we 
have found to be best for tubercular women has a somewhat lower nutritive 
value, viz. :— 
Proteid. Fat. Carbohydrate. Calories. 
126 150 220 2814 
The following actual diets give the nutritive value of the above standard 
diets :— 
| Amount prescribed. ( 
Article of food as served. rane 
| 
t 
For men. | For women. 
ICI alata uc eias UU sacchari! 1500 c.c. 1500 c.c. 
MES eC eS es BA aicsehok Sica Haron « oelgeitedis eile 180 grammes. 135 grammes. | 
HEAIEGUG Ce Seer oh raf cs etnias ve viinsiacis Sept tiaists 120 us 2 3 
PRUE TN Rees dont a kin.« scselswa ce uislossacnjeiSecanats 45 os 45 a 
Breakfast meat, such as bacon, fish, etc. 30, SOR ys 
(OA ONTOS 007 87 ce ne 180 % 150 
ANGEL NR Praeteich a)? <Piofa sic s nies'e'va.s.ne s.nareas on ged 300 z 180 - ; 
CH UMANDL ES theiteiclo noise vninesiciie wae ons vedo sasaiise q.s. q.s. 
