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munily who are in easy ci re u instances. To adapt them to 

 the poor, there ought to be superadded, a certain moderate 

 proportion of spirits for cordials — strong porter — soups — and 

 also flannel waistcoats and shifts and shirts. These will avail 

 more in manv disorders arising from scantv food, than all 

 the materia medica. Nor will the difficulty of preparing and 

 dispensing these auxiliaries be so great, or the expense so 

 formidable, as may appear to those who have not minutely 

 investigated the subject in detail. The dietetic is proposed 

 to be dispensed as medicine, not as food. It will make a 

 part of the physician's and surgeon's prescription, where, 

 upon due inquiry, and according to the nature of the case, 

 such auxiliary aid, together with the flannel garments, are 

 found to be necessary to give effect to the drugs. Both are 

 to be dispensed in small portions, and only to those who 

 actually require such aid, and cannot otherwise obtain it. 

 The soup to be prepared and taken in the kitchen of the 

 dispensary, on the order of the medical attendant, only in 

 extreme cases. The dietetic is capable of being so syste- 

 matized as to prevent not only the shadow of abuse, but also 

 at no additional expense of servants ; and the materials com- 

 posing it, and all the other auxiliaries will cost infinitely 

 less than can be supposed at first view, as will appear from 

 the following statement : 



Estimate of the Expense of an Experimental Dispensary, 

 with the Dietetic Auxiliary. 



House rent and taxes - 



Apothecaries' salary - 



Servants' wages, 8cc. - 



Coals and candles - 



Drugs ----.- 



Spirits for cordials - - - 



Malt liquor of the best quality 



Meat, consisting of legs and shins, and 

 clods and stickings, for soup 



Potatoes for potatoe soup, &c. ; vegeta- 

 bles, barley, &x., about 



Flannel waistcoats and shirts and shifts 



The 



