- Sippy diet
- Sip·py diet 'sip-ē- n a bland diet for the treatment of peptic ulcer consisting mainly of measured amounts of milk and cream, farina, and egg taken at regular hourly intervals for a specified period of timeSippy Bertram Welton (1866-1924)American physician. Sippy was a professor of medicine at Rush Medical College in Chicago. In 1915 he published a description of his special diet for the treatment of peptic ulcer.
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a diet formerly widely used to treat peptic ulcers, consisting of milk, cream, and other supposedly bland foods; it was later proved ineffective.
Medical dictionary. 2011.