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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    influence—including the natural and the morbid—congenital and acquired. 4. Habits as to a. Occupation, especially the nature and amount of physical labour. b. Exercise, especially the proportion which is out-door and of an active character. c. Food—previously acquired or formed, includ¬ ing depraved and unnatural tastes. Physiological _ , , , •> requirements of In all considerations as to the quantity oi ioods necessary to the system as to institution of a normal, model or typical Dietary for any class of q-uautlty 0 arsons, it is necessary, as a preliminary, to secure a standard by de- srmining what are the physiological requirements of the system in with; what is the average amount necessary for the support of life l the best possible way : what wil] maintain in an adult the weight i* his body unchanged, during the vigour of life under ordinary or ^ rerage circumstances or conditions as to health, occupation, and ex- estimates of ’cise. Dr Letheby states the amount so required at 4 oz. nitro- healthy adult, mous; 12 oz. carboniferous; and 16 oz. total solid nutriment per ty. This is probably a theoretical estimate, based on the chemistry id physiology of food in the abstract. Subjoined are 2 careful esti- tates apparently of a more practical character, representing the actual rerage daily consumpt by the healthy male adult. Their mean gives l round numbers 3^ oz. nitrogenous; 15^ oz. carboniferous; and 19 z. total solid nutriment. ABLE SHOWING TWO ESTIMATES OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL DAILY REQUIREMENTS OF SOLID NUTRIMENT BY THE HEALTHY MALE ADULT SYSTEM. Rough Weight of Food in oz. Avoirdupois. Per Centage f of Solid Nutriment in oz. Avoirdupois. Nitro¬ genous. Carboni¬ ferous. Total Solid Nutriment. I.—Result of actual experiment by Dr Dalton —representing the quantity required and consumed in 24 hours by a man in full health,—taking free exercise in the open-air— * 1. Meat, 16-00 2-40 3-84 6-24 2. Bread, 19-00 1 52 9-88 11-40 3. Butter (or fat), 3-50 — 3-40 3-40 Total, . -f 392 17-12 21*04 II.—Average requirements of healthy men,— engaged in average physical labour and taking average open-air exercise—(being the mean of the most recent experimen¬ tal results of Physiologists)—* 1. Meat, .. .. .. .. 1200 1-80 2-88 4-68 2. Bread 20-00 1-60 10-40 12-00 3. Butter,.. 0-50 — 047 0 47 Total, — 3'40 1375 17-15 Mean of 2 series of estimates, — 366 15-43 19-09 * “ Cornhill Magazine : ” Article on “ Food : how to take it.” Vol. IV., 1861., Pago 283. f This and all other calculations of per centage of solid Nutriment are made on the basis : our Standard Table. ( Vide Page 31.)