. Transactions of the sixth International congress on tuberculosis. Washington, September 28 to October 5, 1908. SEA BREEZE HOSPITAL.—BRANNAN. 685 feeding, if we are to understand by this term food that is forced upon thepatients. A rough calculation of the heat values of the food consumed in one dayby each child comes to about 2500 calories. As the weight of the childrendoes not average more than twenty kilos, this gives to each child about 125calories per kilo—an amount greatly in excess of what is usually given insanatoriums to patients suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis. The abilityof t
. Transactions of the sixth International congress on tuberculosis. Washington, September 28 to October 5, 1908. SEA BREEZE HOSPITAL.—BRANNAN. 685 feeding, if we are to understand by this term food that is forced upon thepatients. A rough calculation of the heat values of the food consumed in one dayby each child comes to about 2500 calories. As the weight of the childrendoes not average more than twenty kilos, this gives to each child about 125calories per kilo—an amount greatly in excess of what is usually given insanatoriums to patients suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis. The abilityof the children to eat and digest and assimilate so much food is probablydue to their living in the open air throughout the twenty-four hours. Theappetizing manner in which the food is cooked and sei-ved counts for is probable also that the digestion of a child suffering from surgical tuber-culosis is not so easily disturbed as that of a person suffering from pulmonarytuberculosis. I have spoken of the rapid progress in the general condition of the chil-dren, as shown in their appearance, their circ
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