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    "ocrText": "14\n15\nfull supply of good food which they have engaged to fur-\nDr. Hewitt, formerly surgeon in the U. S. army, to be most\nnish, and for which they have received ample compensa-\nreadily cured by purging with sulphate of magnesia.\ntion. It is not improbable that the Austrian army was\ndefeated at Solferino in consequence of the soldiers being\nVI. As a means of preserving the health of soldiers,\nexhausted by long fasting, the Commissary General having\ngreat care should be taken, as far as military necessities\nappropriated to his own use the funds which were furnished\nwill allow, to avoid excessive and exhausting labor, and to\nhim for the purpose of providing rations for the army. It\nallow ample time for sleep. There is no doubt that a large\nis important that the rations of the soldiers should, under\npart of the mortality among the troops who were engaged\nordinary circumstances, be issued daily. When rations are\nin the Crimean war was owing to the perhaps unavoidable\ndistributed at one time for several days, there is often at\nviolation of these rules. The men were engaged in almost\nfirst an unnecessary waste, in consequence of which the\nincessant labor, and their sleep was very often disturbed,\nsoldiers afterwards suffer from want, or supply themselves\nwhile, at the same time, they were exposed to the heat\nby plunder. With regard to the hard biscuit usually fur-\nand cold, rain and snow, with very insufficient protection.\nnished to the soldiers as a part of their diet, M. Scrive\nWhenever it is necessary to have a large amount of labor\nsays, that it should be made thinner and more friable, as\nperformed, it is better, if practicable, to hire laborers, than\nby its thickness and hardness it irritates and inflames the\nto require an excessive amount of work from the soldiers.\ngums. M. Scrive also says, that when fresh meat cannot\nUnder the head of military therapeutics are to be con-\nbe supplied to the army, it should be replaced by preserved\nsidered the preparations which are required for the practice\nmeats and soups; and that salt beef should, as far as possi-\nof medicine and surgery under the peculiar circumstances\nble, be abandoned as an article of food for soldiers, espe-\nattending the movements of armies, and the actual treat-\ncially in long campaigns and in distant regions, as it is very\nment of diseases and injuries occurring under those circum-\napt to become spoiled. Borden's meat biscuit may be a\nstances. In laborious marches, in obstinate and protracted\nvaluable article of diet when fresh meat cannot be obtained.\nsieges, in sudden and unexpected assaults, in severe and\nWhen soldiers have long been confined to the use of salted\nbloody engagements, the military surgeon is called in rapid\nand smoked provisions, and fresh meat is afterwards libe-\nsuccession to the treatment of large numbers of sick and\nrally supplied to them, they are very apt to be attacked with\nwounded soldiers. There is no time for calm deliberation\nsevere and often fatal dysentery. The precaution should\nand careful preparation; he cannot send his prescriptions\ntherefore be adopted to furnish to the men at first a very\nto an apothecary, nor can he send to a manufacturer for\nlimited supply of fresh meat; the quantity may be gradu-\nnew instruments or apparatus. The few medicines, instru-\nally increased, as they become accustomed to its use. The\nments, and dressings which he requires, must be at hand,\ndysentery, occurring under these circumstances, is stated by\nor his patients must be deprived of the benefits which they\nwould have derived from them. A wise foresight must"
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