1907.) 
Dietetics in Tuberculosis. 
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Table V.—Diet taken by Three Men during an average period of 26 days. 
Meat* 
Margarine 
Cheese (American) 
Bread 
Potatoes 
Peas, beans, etc......... 
Oatmeal 
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Flour 
Green vegetables 
Sundries 
Total vegetable food 
Total food 
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Amount. 
| 
Ounces. | Grammes. 
42 1200 
7 200 
4 16 
2 54 
+ 10 
2 56 
10 282 
$ 210 
a 97 
2 56 
14 40 
2 56 
4 16 
2 56 
6 170 
Price retail. 
1d. per pt. 
7d. per |b. 
Gd. 3; 
Sd ts: 
Td. 39 
6d. per lb. 
23d. per 2 lbs. 
8d. per stone 
2d. per lb. 
Sr 
22d. ,, 
Sad. 4 
‘Zed. 4; 
1s. 6d. per stone 
| 
Nutritive value. 
Proteid. 
S| 
153 
Fat. 
115 
Cost, 
in 
Carbo- | pence. 
hydrate. 
60 2°h1 
— 3 16 
-— 0:18 
— 1-00 
— 0°15 
60 | 7°35 
141 0:78 
30 0°26 
57 0 °40 
37 0°25 
40 0°22 
33 O °44 
13 0-08 
39 0°16 
8 0°25 
10 0°50 
408 3°34 | 
468 10 69 
Total calorie value, 3616. Ratio of cost of animal to vegetable food, 68 °7 : 31 °3. 
Grammes of proteid per penny, 14°3. Calories per penny, 337. 
* Uncooked and including bone, etc., and comprising beef, mutton, pork, tinned beef, mutton, etc. 
The above diet could be bought retail in London from 6s. to 6s. 6d. per 
head per week for an average sized family, according to the quality of food 
purchased. 
The results obtained in the three cases observed on this diet were most 
satisfactory. . 
After very considerable further experience in the treatment of tuber- 
culosis with cheap dietaries constructed on the lines which we have described, 
we have adopted the following dietary as being, in every way, the most 
efficient and satisfactory :— 
