An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in GermanyMonro, Donald
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An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany
Monro, Donald
Medicine, Military; Military hospitals; Military hygiene; Seven Years' War, 1756-1763 -- Medical care
_Breakfast._ _Dinner._ _Supper._
One Pint of Water | |
or Rice Gruel. | |
| |
Water Gruel made | |
with 3 or 4 Ounces | |
of Oatmeal, a | |
little common Salt,|One Pound |
and with or without|of boiled fresh |
Full Diet, a little |Meat. | As Breakfast.
Sweet Oil, and | |
two Spoonfuls of | |
Wine. | |
| |
Rice Gruel made | |
with two Ounces of | |
Rice, one Spoonful | |
of fine Flour, a | |
little | |
common Salt and | |
Sugar. | |
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|One Pint of |
|Broth, half |
Middle Diet, Ditto. |Pound of boiled | Ditto.
|Meat. |
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|One Pint of |
|Broth, or |
Low Diet, Ditto, or according|half a Pint of |
to the Patient’s |Panado, with |
Appetite. |two Spoonfulls | Ditto.
|of Wine, |
|and a Quarter |
|of an Ounce |
|of Sugar. |
The daily Allowance of Bread to be one Pound to each Man.
The common Drink for those on full and middle Diet to be Rice or
Barley Water, with two Spoonfuls of Brandy to each Pint, and a Quarter
of an Ounce of Lump Sugar; small Beer, or very weak Punch; or Wine and
Water, two Ounces of Wine to a Pint of Water, and a Quarter of an
Ounce of Sugar. The Quantity not to exceed three Pints _per_ Day.
Those on low Diet to have Rice or Barley Water as above, with or
without Wine or Brandy.
The Diet Boards hung up in the Hospitals may be made with the
following Columns, nearly as they were with us in _Germany_.
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