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When such Diet Boards are kept in an Hospital, and the Mens Names and
Regiments are once wrote down, the Patients may with very little
Trouble be put upon the full, middle, or low Diet, with so much of the
above-mentioned Extraordinaries as may be judged proper.

If any Thing else be wanted for the Sick, the Physician ought to give
a particular Order in Writing for it, the Columns here marked being
only for such Things as are most frequently wanted.

It should be a general Rule in all Military Hospitals, that, when a
Party of Sick arrives, every Man may have immediately a Mess of Water
Gruel given him, and afterwards be put on low Diet till it is ordered
otherwise by the Physician or Surgeon who attends him.

It is not to be supposed that the Diet here mentioned can be strictly
kept to in all Parts of the World; for it must often be varied
according to the Difference of the Climates, and to the Provision of
the Countries where the Scene of War may be.

Whenever a Moveable or Flying Hospital is to attend an Army, a
Quantity of Bedding, and of all Utensils for forming an Hospital,
ought to be put up in the Waggons, together with Provisions of
different Kinds, such as Oatmeal, Rice, Sago, Brandy, Wine, Sugar, &c.
A Butcher with a Stock of live Cattle, and a Baker with a proper
Quantity of Flour for making Bread ought constantly to attend; and a
Number of empty Waggons should likewise be always in Readiness, to
transport the Sick when the Hospital moves, or when a Party is to be
sent to the fixed Hospitals.

When Troops go upon an Expedition, besides the common Hospital Ships,
another Ship ought to be properly fitted up for the Reception of sick
Officers[161]; and every Hospital Ship ought to be supplied with all
Sorts of Provisions, and other Necessaries fit for forming an
Hospital, before they leave _England_.--And one or more armed Vessels
loaded with Provisions, Wine, and all Sorts of Necessaries for the
Sick, ought to attend them; or if the Expedition be intended for the
warm Climates, these Vessels ought to go before the Fleet to take up
Wine and Fruits, such as Lemons, Oranges, &c. Vegetables of different
Kinds, and a live Stock for the Use of the Sick.

[161] If there be no Ship fitted up for the Reception of sick
Officers, those who are taken ill on Expeditions must be in a
most miserable Situation; as ther