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(Accepted 14 September 1982)

ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO Sir Garnet Wolseley is said to have ordered that the troops under his command should be allowed daily a triple ration of tea; and it is stated that the extra issue of tea is very acceptable to the men. A second ration of coffee is also ordered daily for every man. No more tinned meats have been sent to the seat of war, but 300 tons of other provisions have been despatched to Ismailia by the steamship Adowa. These include, as an exceptional article for hospital uses, a quantity of preserved tongues. The medical department has also transmitted to the hospitals a number of dry cold air refrigerators. (British Medical journal, 1882.)