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TABLE or FOOD REQUIRED FOR A HEALTHY ADULT. (PARKES.) 



For laborious Af f 



occupation. 



Nitrogenous substances, e.g. , flesh, . 6 to 7 oz. av. 2.5 oz. 



Fats, . . . . . . 3. 5 to 4. 5 oz. 1 oz. 



Carbo-hydrates, . . . . 10 to 18 oz. 12 o 



Salts, .... . 1.2 to 1.5 oz. .5 oz. 



26.7 to ;31 oz. 10 oz. 



The above table contains the weights of dry or solid food required. 

 Such food is found in practice to be nearly always combined with 50 to 

 60 per cent of water, and so the above numbers should be correspond- 

 ingly increased. The amount of liquids required in addition is about 

 three pints per diem. 



Full diet scale for an adult male in hospital (St. Bartholomew's 



Hospital) . 



Breakfast. 1 pint of tea (with milk and sugar), bread and butter. 

 Dinner. Jib. of cooked meat, -Jib. potatoes, bread and beer. 

 Tea. 1 pint of tea, bread and butter. 

 Supper. Bread and butter, beer. 



Daily alloivance to each patient. 'I pints of tea, with milk and sugar; 

 14 oz. bread; ^lb. cooked meat; -Jib. potatoes; 2 pints of beer; loz. but- 

 ter; 31 oz. solid, and 4 pints (80 oz.), liquid. 



