MATERIA MEDICA AND THERAPEUTICS.
Broma and Dietetic Cocoa.—Every body in New England, of course,
is quite familiar with those two excellent articles of diet for invalids,
broma and dietetic cocoa, manufactured by Walter Baker, of Dorchester,
Mass. Some years since, the special consideration of medical practi-
tioners was called to these preparations, as appropriate food for the sick,
in the various conditions of debility and prostration to which they are
at times reduced, leaving the digestive apparatus too feeble to appro-
priate any but the most delicate nutriment. Medical gentlemen of
eminence in this city were delighted with Mr. Baker’s broma; and from
that period to this, its good character has been sustained. Another set
of physicians have commenced business since that period, who may not
have become familiar with the article; and we therefore refer again to
the subject, for the purpose of reminding both our young medical friends
at home and those at a distance, that they will derive important ad-
vantages from the use of these admirable kinds of food. Druggists in
the interior would find their account in always keeping both on hand,
with a view to meeting the prescriptions of medical attendants. From
our own personal experience of the value of broma particularly, we can
speak decidedly in its favor. A dietetic course is not unfrequently
quite as necessary as strict medication; and in recovering from a low
state, it is one of the perplexities of a general practitioner’s life, to deter-
mine what may or may not be safely adopted as a regimen.—Boston
Med. and Surg. Journ.