Diet

Graham or brown bread, white bread limited (½ slice daily), corn, granum, rice, milk, eggs, flour, puddings, crackers, beans, peas, all kinds of vegetables (except potatoes and cooked tomatoes), rhubarb, fresh fish; butter, cheese, buttermilk, cream, alkaline waters, toast.

Avoid

Red meats, starch or potatoes, white bread, sugars.

Chronic Rheumatism

Diet: Soup

Beef tea, chicken and mutton broth in small quantities.

Fish

Raw oysters or clams, white fleshed fresh fish - broiled or boiled.

Meat

Sweetbreads, chicken, tripe, broiled fat bacon or boiled ham (all sparingly).

Farinaceous

Boston brown bread, corn, whole wheat bread, cornstarch, rice, milk toast, dry toast, graham bread, granum, butter, crackers.

Vegetables

All except potatoes and cooked tomatoes.

Desserts

Plain puddings, rhubarb; junket (all without sugar).

Liquids

Milk, cream, buttermilk, malted milk, alkaline waters, tea, cocoa (no sugar), pure water, plain or with lemon or lime (no sugar).

Avoid

Red meats, pork, turkey, goose, duck, veal, fried fish, cooked oysters or clams, salted, dried, potted or preserved fish or meats (except ham and bacon). Lobsters, crabs, salmon, eggs, rich pies, made dishes, gravies, potatoes, tomatoes, asparagus, mushrooms, rich puddings, candies, nuts, cheese, coffee, cider, malt liquors, wines.