I am sure that some of them are defective in composition, or vary notably as to the amount of alcohol they contain.
No troublesome symptoms usually result from this full feeding, and the patient may be made to eat more largely by being fed by her attendant.
People who will eat very little if they feed themselves, often take a large amount when fed by another; and, as I have said before, nothing is more tiresome than for a patient flat on her back to cut up her food and to use the fork or spoon.

By the plan of feeding we thus gain doubly.
As to the meals, I leave them to the patient's caprice, unless this is too unreasonable; but I like to give butter largely, and have little trouble in getting this most wholesome of fats taken in large amounts.

A cup of cocoa or of coffee with milk on waking in the morning is a good preparation for the fatigue of the toilet.
At the close of the first week I like to add one pound of beef, in the form of raw soup.

This is made by chopping up one pound of raw beef and placing it in a bottle with one pint of water and five drops of strong hydrochloric acid.

This mixture stands on ice all night, and in the morning the bottle is set in a pan of water at 110 deg.