very life, depends upon his absolute quiet during the
early stages of the disease.

~Dietetic Treatment.~--When the first acute symptoms have passed, the
diet must consist of fluids, well-skimmed meat broths, buttermilk,
peptonized milk, albumen water or albumenized orange juice. No solid
food must be given until the acute symptoms have disappeared. When the
tenderness in the right side has entirely left him and he no longer
suffers the pain or nausea, a gradual return to a normal diet may be
made. The patient must be cautioned against eating indigestible foods,
as an attack of intestinal indigestion may readily start up an
irritation in the susceptible appendix and cause a second attack of
appendicitis which is often of a more serious nature than the first.

~Convalescent Diet.~--The return to solid food is made gradually as in
other intestinal disorders, by giving the most digestible foods first.
Soft toast, soft eggs, fine cereal gruels, well-cooked rice,
well-baked white potatoes, meat, wine or fruit jellies; then lightly
broiled beefsteak, lamb chop, chicken, sweetbreads, or brains given in
small quantities until the intestinal tract has regained its vigor.

~Foods to Be Avoided.~--Highly seasoned foods must be avoided on
account of their astringent qualities, which may cause constipation.
Long, tough-fibered meats, coarse vegetables, rich foods, in fact
anything which may cause intestinal indigestion, must be eliminated
from the dietary. A decomposition of the foods lying in the lower part
of the small intestine is dangerous to such individuals, since such
products are highly toxic in character and exceedingly irritating to
the already tender appendix.

CHRONIC CONSTIPATION

Chronic constipation is so universal a condition that it must be
treated and overcome whenever it is possible. This condition is not
only the cause but the result of disease. It may be induced by
improper food, poor hygiene, sedentary habits, lack of exercise, the
taking of drug preparations such as cough sirups which contain opium
in some form, the constant taking of cathartics and enemas, or it may
be an hereditary condition.

~Diet, Exercise, and Fresh Air.~--The chief means of overcoming this
deplorable chronic condition is by regulating the diet and increasing
the amount of exercise in the fresh air.

At times it is necessary to resort to artificial stimulation of the
intestinal movements; at others, on account of the disease o