TABLE of DIET.
Reading edition
The following is a Copy of the Table of Diet which was used in the Hospital all the Time I was with the Troops in Germany:
Breakfast.Dinner.Supper.
Full Diet, One Pint of Rice Gruel; made with two Ounces of Rice, one Spoonful of fine Flower, a little common Salt, and fine Sugar. One Pound of Meat. As Breakfast.
Middle Diet, As above. One Pint of Broth, Half a Pound of Meat. As above.
Low Diet, As above, or according to the Patient’s Stomach or Indisposition. One Pint of Broth; or Half a Pint of Panado, with two Spoonfuls of Wine, and a Quarter of an Ounce of fine Sugar. As Breakfast.
The daily Allowance of Bread was a Pound to those on full and middle Diet, and Half a Pound to those on low Diet, or a Pound, if so ordered by the Physician.
Those on full and middle Diet were allowed daily three Pints of Barley or Rice Water; to each Pint of which were added two Spoonfuls of Brandy, and a Quarter of an Ounce of Lump Sugar. Small Beer was mentioned in the Diet Table; but this we could never have good; and therefore was not used.
Those on low Diet were allowed Barley or Rice Water; to which some Wine or Brandy was occasionally added, if ordered so by the Physician.
Besides this, the Physician might order an additional Quantity of Wine, Brandy, or Milk, or Water Gruel, or any other Articles which he thought proper for the Sick under his Care, and which could be got easily.