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United States Army Diet Table for General Hospitals

 Item
Identifier: MSS 362

Scope and Contents

A chart created by the United States Surgeon General's office detailing the components of daily meals for full diets and half diets; perhaps meant to guide hospitals in feeding patients.

At the top of the document, it states: "Articles composing the different diets for the day - Avoirdupois weight."

Dates

  • 1862-10-28

Creator

Extent

1 item

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

Flat file no. 1, drawer 2

Contents: 1 chart

Custodial History

The diet table was found in the "Food" pamphlet box during the pamphlet cataloguing project in 2015-2106. No provenance information is available.
Title
United States Army Diet Table for General Hospitals
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Repository

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