The human factor in hospital feeding.

Soyer himself was attacked by diarrhoea soon after his arrival at Scutari and it lasted several weeks. I n the Crimea he was taken seriously ill in September 1855; this illness lasted several weeks and when nearly well he had a relapse. The accounts given are meagre but they are more in keeping with an attack of typhoid fever. When he returned to Scutari he was again ill with fever and later with dysentery, his illness lasting 3 months. These illnesses took toll of his strength. He never again became strong. I n 1858 he brought up some blood and his final illness ended in coma. The actual cause of his death is doubtful but high blood pressure is a possible diagnosis. Alexis Soyer deserves to be remembered for his great work for the soldiers in the Crimean War.