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Diet Table for General Hospitals, United States Army

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A chart created by the United States Surgeon General's office detailing the components of daily meals for full diets and half diets; perhaps meant to guide hospitals in feeding patients.

At the top of the document, it states: "Articles composing the different diets for the day - Avoirdupois weight."

The diet table was found in the "Food" pamphlet box during the pamphlet cataloguing project in 2015-2106. No provenance information is available.

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