boiled eggs.
Cracked wheat.
Hominy.
Cornmeal.
Oatmeal, Scotch.
Bran biscuits.
Oatmeal crackers.
Graham wafers.
Stewed or baked apple.
Apple sauce.
Plain vanilla ice cream.
Animal broths, purees of peas.
Beans, and lentils.
Peas.
String beans.
Spinach.
Cauliflower.
Asparagus.
Stewed tomatoes, strained.
Whole wheat bread.
Zwieback.
Custard.
Stewed prunes.
Junket.
Cornstarch.

Malted milk is agreeable and advisable as a drink.

Orange juice or a scraped raw apple is allowable at this time.
Constipated children should eat plenty of good butter. Olive oil, two
or three teaspoonfuls after each meal, is excellent. It can be kept up
for months to advantage. Older children may eat raw and cooked fruits,
figs, dates, baked potatoes, poultry, and fish. One or two raw apples or
a peach or orange may be given daily. A strict observance of the above
rules and diet will result in normal movements of the bowel if persisted
in for a reasonable time. It may be necessary occasionally to use a
suppository or an enema now and again until the habit is established.

In children from five to fifteen years of age the use of bran muffins,
with fruit, etc., as described above, will effect a cure of constipation
without having to resort to drugs. I have cured many cases of
constipation in growing children with these muffins without making any
other change in their diet or habits.

RECIPE FOR BRAN MUFFINS

Take one pint of best flour, one quart unsifted bran, one
teaspoonful bicarbonate of soda (baking soda), a pinch of salt.
Mix these thoroughly together, then add: six to eight
tablespoonfuls good, New Orleans molasses, one pint of milk.
Mix together very thoroughly. Put in muffin rings and bake in
oven. About one ounce should be put in each ring as they raise
easily. Eat with plenty of good butter. They should be given to
children before each meal, when they are hungry, not after
their stomachs are full. Put bran in dish first. Sift in flour,
soda and salt. Mix these thoroughly together, then add one pint
of milk (two cupfuls) and six to eight tablespoonfuls of New
Orleans molasses. The quantity of molasses depends upon the
individual taste. They are good for any child or adult whether
constipation exists or not.

Drugs may be of temporary service in some c