45 c.c. (3 tbs.) 40% cream
1/2 egg white
1 tsp. gelatin
1 tbs. cold water
Saccharin to sweeten

Soak gelatin in cold water; dissolve over hot water, add to orange
juice; add saccharin; set aside until it begins to jelly. Whip cream
and add to partially jellied orange juice; fold in the stiffly beaten
egg white; mold. Serve 30 grams.

FOOTNOTES:

[43] When a 1.50% decoction is desired, use 2 rounded teaspoonfuls to
the pint of water. "Diseases of Nutrition and Infant Feeding," p. 222,
by Morse and Talbot.

[44] "Beef juice is not the same as 'dish gravy,' since the latter
contains a large amount of cooked fat and is often highly
indigestible." Morse and Talbot's "Diseases of Nutrition and Infant
Feeding."

[45] Formula suggested by Finkelstein and Meyer.

[46] "Diet in Disease," by Freidenwald and Ruhraeh and other sources.

[47] Formulas marked with one star are those used in the Presbyterian
Hospital, Chicago, Ill. Courtesy of Miss R. Straka, Dietitian.
Formulas marked with two stars are used in the Olmsted Hospital, Mayo
Clinic, Rochester, Minn. Courtesy of Misses Foley and Ellithorpe,
Dietitians. Formulas unmarked are used by the author in Memphis
General and St. Joseph's Hospitals, Memphis, Tenn.

[48] "Treatment of Diabetes," p. 538, by Joslin.

[49] "The Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus," p. 531, by Joslin.

[50] "Starvation Treatment of Diabetes," p. 43, by Hill and Eckman.

SECTION III

THE HUMAN MACHINE

CHAPTER VII

THE HUMAN BODY

~Chemical Composition of the Body.~--It has been estimated by various
writers that the human body has an approximate average chemical
composition[51] of--

Oxygen about 65 per cent
Carbon about 18 per cent
Hydrogen about 10 per cent
Nitrogen about 3 per cent
Calcium about 2 per cent
Phosphorus about 1 per cent
Potassium about 0.35 per cent
Sulphur about 0.25 per cent
Sodium about 0.15 per cent
Chlorine about 0.15 per cent
Magnesium about 0.05 per cent
Iron about 0.004 per cent
Iodine }
Fluorine } very minute quantities
Silicon }

~Dependence of the body upon Food.~--The human body, like any other
piece of machinery, undergoes a constant wear and tear incidental to
the work it performs, but in the human machine this is not all that
mus