1. Dr. Hewes's Diet For Gastric And Duodenal Ulcer

Two oz. milk, 1 soda cracker (powdered), 1 oz. sugar, every two hours. Give two to three days, then increase to 6-8 oz. milk, 1-2 oz. sugar, 4 soda crackers, every two hours. Continue for two to three weeks, then adopt the following: Eight feedings in 24 hrs.: (1) milk and crackers; (2) Indian meal porridge with cream or salt; (3) potato puree, jelly; (4) milk and whites of two eggs; (5) soft custard; (6) hot chocolate; (7) pea puree strained through fine wire mesh; (8) milk and crackers.

2. "The Lenhartz Diet

" The "Lenhartz diet" begins with 100 c.c. milk and one egg daily, in teaspoonful doses, gradually increasing until at the end of four weeks a liberal mixed diet is allowed, always avoiding coarse vegetables and irritating substances.

1Diet used at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

Dr. Hewes, Physician to Out-Patients, Massachusetts General Hospital.

The gradual increase of food appears in the accompanying scale.

In preparing the eggs they are beaten very light, without salt, a small amount of sugar frequently added, the bowl kept in a pan of cracked ice. At first the milk is given with shaved ice. Some of the milk, eggs, and sugar are made into custard on the tenth day. The beef is scraped and weighed after cooking; the ham is chopped very fine; occasionally lime water has to be added to the milk, and, if large curds form, the milk is diluted with barley water. Great care is exercised in the transition stages from liquids to semi-solids and finally to full diet.

Lenhartz' Diet