The soldier's friend, or, the means of preserving the health of military men ... / By William Blair.

  • Blair, William, 1766-1822.
Date:
1798
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Credit: The soldier's friend, or, the means of preserving the health of military men ... / By William Blair. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    themfelves, they always prefer roafting both their fifli and butchers meat, a prac- tice which ought to be difcouraged; as roafted meat not only forms a heavier meal than that which is boiled, but is at the fame time more ex pen five and un- profitable.” “ W hen foup or broth is properly made, the men are able to dine almoft entirely upon that difii, with the addition of bread, and, perhaps, a fmall part of the meat. In that way a confiderable part of the butchers meat will remain to be eaten cold at the next meal j whereas, had the fame quantity of meat been roafted, the whole would have been eaten up at once, the men at the fame time being worfe ferved, and nothing remaining for a future meal • Memoir on Medical Arrangements, by Ro- bert Sommerville. CHAP.