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

United States. Surgeon-General's Office (Organization)

Extent

1 item : 1 oversize folder

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Physical Location

Flat file case 1, drawer 5

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.

Subjects

Related Names

Creator

United States. Surgeon-General's Office (Organization)

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: United States Army Diet Table for General Hospitals
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: English
Script of description: Latin

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Repository Details

Repository Details

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

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