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to discard flesh-meat. But, as stated before, if, after knowing that the
flesh of animals can not be placed on the dining-room tables, a few
patients urge that they must have meat, cheerfully give it to them in
their rooms.
Accustomed, as many are, to the use of flesh-meat, it is not surpris-
ing that they should expect to see it on the sanitarium table. You may
find it unadvisable to publish the bill of fare, giving a list of the food
supplied at the table; for the absence of flesh-meat from the dietary
may seem a formidable obstacle to those who are thinking of becoming
patrons of the Sanitarium.
Let the food be palatably prepared and nicely served. More dishes
will have to be prepared than would be necessary if flesh-meat was
served. Other things can be provided, so that meats can be discarded.
Milk and cream can be used by some.
Letter K 231, 1905
Dr.-----asked me if, under any circumstances, I would advise the
drinking of chicken broth, if one were sick and could not take anything
else into the stomach. I said, “There are persons dying of consumption
who, if they ask for chicken broth, should have it. But I would be
very careful.” The example should not injure a sanitarium or make
excuse for others to think their case required the same diet. I asked
Dr.-----if she had such a case in the sanitarium. She said, “No; but I
have a sister in the sanitarium at-----, who is very weak. She has weak
sinking spells, but cooked chicken she can eat.” I said, “It would be
best to remove her from the sanitarium.... The light given me is that
if the sister you mention would brace up and cultivate her taste for
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wholesome food, all these sinking spells would pass away.”
Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students, 127;Manuscript 64,
1901
Instruction has been given me that physicians who use flesh-meats
and prescribe it for their patients, should not be employed in our
institutions, because they fail decidedly in educating the patients to
discard that which makes them sick. The physician who uses and
prescribes meat does not reason from cause to effect, and instead of