A manual of diet and regimen for physician and patient / by Horace Dobell.

  • Dobell, Horace Benge, 1828-1917.
Date:
1864
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A manual of diet and regimen for physician and patient / by Horace Dobell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    by exercise, and the quantity drunk at once does not exceed a quarter of a pint. (See Exercise, p. 14, Rule 16). 38. Spirituous liquors should not be taken the first thing in the morning or the last thing at night, without medical orders, and they should not be dimnk stronger than in the projportion of one ounce avoirdupois of abso- lute alcohol in about ten fluid ounces of liquid. (See Alcohol Table, p. 24). 39. Alcohol Fasts.—Those who habitually take alcohol daily, should abstain from it entirely for a few days twice or thrice a year.