Thirty-sixth annual report of the directors of James Murray's Royal Asylum for Lunatics, near Perth. June, 1863.

  • James Murray's Royal Asylum for Lunatics
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1863
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Credit: Thirty-sixth annual report of the directors of James Murray's Royal Asylum for Lunatics, near Perth. June, 1863. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ARIES(T) OF THE ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH: 1863. Daily Allowance per Patient in oz. Avoirdupois. Solid Solid Total * Animal Vegetable Solid - -- - Nutriment. N utriment. Nutriment. 1. Low Diet, 0*40 6*95 7-35 2. Rice Diet,+ ... 1*45 0 40 7-85 3. Steak Diet,J 1*41 13*77 15.18 4. Do. with Bread, gig* 13-87 5. O Common Diet, ... 0*33 1'3*77 14*10 6. Do. with Bread, g®3* ... 13-56 7. © Full Diet, § || ... 3*85 ' 15*17 19-02 8. Do. with Bread, • • • 17-29 9. Extra Diet, 4*85 18-58 23-43 Mean of the foregoing classes of Dietaries, 2*05 12 44 14-49 * All calculations are made on wncooked Food. T Includes Beef Tea made from 8 oz, Meat. X Bo. Beefsteak, 4 oz. § Do. Boiled Beef after making Beef Tea. 6 oz. TT Do. do. do. 8 oz. |gr* Patients have their option between Porridge and Bread. © Common and full Diets are those principally used. [| Vide immediately following Table VIII. 1. The said Dietaries were arranged by a Committee of the Medical Managers and Medical Officers of the Institution “so as to combine fitness, simplicity and economy VIII.—SHOWING THE ITEMS, AND NUTRITIVE VALUE, OF THE FULL DIET OF THE ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDIN¬ BURGH—ACCORDING TO PROFESSOR CHRISTISON. [BEING ONE OF THE TABLES USED IN HIS LECTURES ON DIETETICS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH: 1849], Daily Allowance per Patient in oz. Avoirdupois. Rough Weight of Food. Nitro¬ genous. Carboni¬ ferous. Total Solid Nutriment. 1.—Breakfast— Oatmeal—(for Porridge), ... 4-50 0-73 2-96 3-69 Butter Milk, 20-00 1-20 0-20 1-40 2.—Dinner— Boiled Meat, .., 6-00 1*10 0-90 2-00 Potatoes,... 16-00 0-40 4-32 4-72 Bread, 3-00 0‘50 1-97 2*47 j [Vegetables, 0*72 o-oi 0-06 0-07 Broth, 20 oz. < Barley. 1-00 0-15 0-67 0-82 [Meat, 2-00 0-40 0-30 0-70 3.—Supper— Potatoes, 16-00 0-40 4-32 4-72 New Milk, 10-00 0-45 0-80 1-25 Total Daily allowance of dry or solid Nutriment, • • • 5-34 16-50 21-84