well-mashed

Updated: August 14, 2026

When the bronchitis has disappeared, the diet ought gradually to be improved rice, sago, tapioca, and light batter-pudding, &c.; and, in a few days, either a little chicken or a mutton chop, mixed with a well-mashed potato and crumb of bread, should be given. But let the improvement in his diet be gradual, or the inflammation might return. What NOT to do. Do not apply leeches.

Pye Henry Chavasse - Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children