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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

Additional Description

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.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
United States Army Diet Table for General Hospitals
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

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Repository Details

Repository Details

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