158 Dr. N. D. Bardswell and Mr. J. HE. Chapman. [Nov. 26, 
satisfy ourselves as to the truth of the principle. For this purpose, we 
carefully observed six typical cases of pulmonary tuberculosis treated on 
an entirely meat-free diet. A summary of the results of these observations 
is shown in the following table, and a sample diet taken by one of these 
patients for a period of 55 days is also given. 
Results of Observations as to the Value of a Meat-free Diet for the Treatment 
of Tuberculosis. 
Our conclusions are as follows :— 
(1) Vegetable proteid, as the main source of the daily intake of proteid 
in a diet for the tubercular, is thoroughly satisfactory, so long as a sutticient 
amount of it is taken. 
(2) The clinical results obtained, when treating consumptives with good 
digestions upon meat-free diets of an adequate nutritive value, are quite as - 
good. as the results that are obtained when ordinary meat diets of a similar 
nutritive value are used. 
(5) Owing to the bulky nature of a meat-free diet, its use is restricted to 
patients with normal appetites and digestions; it is unsuitable for the 
treatment of those with marked impairment of the alimentary tract. 
(4) The use of vegetable proteid in the place of all the meat usually 
prescribed in an ordinary meat diet effects an economy of some 33 per cent. 
On the Construction of a Cheap Diet containing an Ordinary Amount of 
Animal Proterd, such as Meat, etc., to Ensure Palatability and Variety, 
and a Certain Amount of Vegetable Proterd for the Purpose of Economy. 
Our practical experience with meat-free diets showed us that, in spite of 
their great economy, they are not quite satisfactory, inasmuch as they 
require very careful cooking to make them appetising, and that even when 
well cooked they are not readily taken by the ordinary person accustomed 
to a meat dietary. To be really efficient, a diet must be to the liking of 
those to whom it is prescribed. 
_ We then constructed several dietaries in which the 150 grammes of 
proteid which we consider to be desirable in the treatment of tuberculosis 
is given, partly in the form of meat and partly in the form of vegetables. 
The following table shows one of these diets which was taken by three 
tubercular patients for an average period of 26 days :— 
