iarrhea, are apt to occur,
and tuberculosis has been known to develop as a result of measles.

~Dietetic Treatment.~--The fluid diet as used in any acute febrile
condition is used as long as the temperature is elevated. Milk,
buttermilk, malted milk, and milk soups constitute the chief items in
the diet. Orangeade and lemonade are found valuable in relieving the
thirst.

PROBLEMS

(a) List the evidences of errors in the diet of infants; show how they
may be corrected in the formula.

(b) Outline the processes in the preparation of Eiweissmilch (protein
or albumen milk). What constituent is particularly low in this milk,
and how was its reduction accomplished?

FOOTNOTES:

[84] "Diseases of Nutrition and Infant Feeding," by Morse and Talbot.

[85] _Ibid._

[86] "Diseases of Nutrition and Infant Feeding," p. 307, by Morse and
Talbot.

[87] See chapter on Urinalysis, p. 323.

[88] Consisting of cereal gruels, rice, and other starchy foods.

[89] See Nutrient Enemas, p. 145.

[90] "Diseases of Infants and Children," p. 326, by Ruhraeh.

[91] "A Manual of Diseases of Children," p. 319, by Ruhraeh.

CHAPTER XI

THE FEEDING OF ADULTS IN DISEASES OF THE GASTRO-INTESTINAL TRACT

ACUTE AND CHRONIC GASTRITIS

~Predisposing Factors.~--The majority of diseases affecting the
stomach have as their predisposing factors, and owe their development
to, one or all of the following conditions: (1) errors in diet; (2)
disturbed secretory processes; (3) disturbed motility and tone.

It is probable that in the beginning the first factor was the chief
offender in the case, bringing about the development of one or both of
the other conditions. The other factors to be considered in this
respect are heredity, occupation, poverty, and diseases which involve
to a greater or lesser degree the digestion of the stomach and
intestines. A child may inherit a weakened organism through excesses
or disease on the part of the parent. If this weakness is not overcome
while the child is growing, the probabilities are that the digestion
steadily declines until in adult life it becomes a pathological
condition. Lack of fresh air, poor and dirty food, unwholesome
surroundings, crowded and badly ventilated sleeping rooms,
insufficient water, and overwork, all act in making the digestion bad.
These must be overcome if permanent good is to result.

~Errors in Diet.~--Errors in diet arise more often through ignorance
than from an