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Eve Drewelowe's journals, volumes II-III, 1950s

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In Second Center Medical at St. Mary's tests of all kinds are common affairs and observers are sheep-eyed. In fact surveillance is not relaxed for one minute, one might almost say by day or by night. As a patient I know that not only pulses, temperature, anything pertaining to the physical body was recorded, but every act of mine, every reaction, every stomachache, was likewise watched; every mouthful of food was noted as also that which was rejected. The physicians, figuratively speaking, all but came around with stovewood are hard to enforce hospital discipline from me. To be sure these netted results. My stomach truly made the progress on a strict ulcer regimen; not only in regard to food, but also in the deciphering of my person in establishing habits of rest so essential to stomach improvement.
It is quite unwise to ever let a dietitian know the foods you are unable to eat, for these are noted particularly, - and then that is all you get. These substances are stored out of one in many different forms and disguises. No conscientious physician is going to take your food idiosyncrasies for granted. It is his business to check; observe for himself and make his own deduction.
Food tests are perfunctory. I had been all through all those a year before and had reacted beautifully to almost everything.

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In Second Center Medical at St. Mary's tests of all kinds are common affairs and observers are sheep-eyed. In fact surveillance is not relaxed for one minute, one might almost say by day or by night. As a patient I know that not only pulses, temperature, anything pertaining to the physical body was recorded, but every act of mine, every reaction, every stomachache, was likewise watched; every mouthful of food was noted as also that which was rejected. The physicians, figuratively speaking, all but came around with stovewood are hard to enforce hospital discipline from me. To be sure these netted results. My stomach truly made the progress on a strict ulcer regimen; not only in regard to food, but also in the deciphering of my person in establishing habits of rest so essential to stomach improvement. It is quite unwise to ever let a dietitian know the foods you are unable to eat, for these are noted particularly, - and then that is all you get. These substances are stored out of one in many different forms and disguises. No conscientious physician is going to take your food idiosyncrasies for granted. It is his business to check; observe for himself and make his own deduction. Food tests are perfunctory. I had been all through all those a year before and had reacted beautifully to almost everything.