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Diet for a patient during sick-maintenance

The basic fare was two properly baked loaves of bread daily. Other foods were prescribed at different times of year but varied according to the rank of the injured person. Nobles were to have salt-meat daily from New Year’s Eve to the beginning of Lent, garden herbs only during Lent, salt-meat twice a week from ... Read more

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Categories Features, Issue 5 (Sept/Oct 2011), Medieval History (pre-1500), Medieval Social Perspectives, Uncategorized, Volume 19
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