This section is from the book "Mrs. Rorer's Diet For The Sick", by Sarah Tyson Rorer. Also available from Amazon: Mrs. Rorer's Diet For The Sick.
Peptonized milk Peptonized oysters White of egg and whey Skimmed milk gruels Well-cooked Cream of Wheat and farina, with skimmed milk Baked potato with salt, no butter Scraped beef cake, broiled Scraped mutton cake, mixed with eight blanched, grated almonds; broiled Cocoanut milk custards Lightly-cooked eggs Boiled mutton Boiled chicken Rice pudding made from skimmed milk Skimmed milk koumys
Stale bread, without butter
Daintily-cooked topground vegetables; skimmed milk sauce
Tender hearts of lettuce, with lemon juice
Albumin in skimmed milk
Albumin whey
Beef panada, made with water
An occasional clear beef soup
Chestnut puree, made from skimmed milk
Boiled rice
Carefully-baked banana, without sugar or butter
Bananas stewed in water, very slightly sweetened
Fresh ripe soft fruits, without skin or seeds
All fatty foods, as cream, butter, olive oil, cocoanut creams Highly-seasoned dishes Iced dishes Iced water
Strong tea and coffee Chocolate Pork Veal Duck Goose Turkey Fried foods
Sweets
Puddings
Pies
Cakes
Coarse underground vegetables
Hot breads, as muffins, gems, etc.
Rich cream soups
All sea foods, with the exception of white-fleshed fish, and oysters, broiled
All spiritous liquors, unless ordered by a physician
 
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