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abdomen Aconite Aconite 1x acute affected Ague ailments alternately appear applied appropriate arise Arsenicum attack bath becomes beef tea Belladonna bladder blood bowels brain breathing Bronchitis Bryonia cause chest chronic cold water colour complications Conium constipation cough debility delirium DESCRIPTION AND SYMPTOMS.-A DESCRIPTION AND SYMPTOMS.-This Diarrhea DIET digestive organs discharge disease doses drops Dyspepsia Eczema Enteric fever eruption Erysipelas face febrile fever flannel flatulence fomentations frequently given Gout habitual head headache Hepar hot stage Indigestion inflammation inflammatory intervals irritation joints kidneys limbs liver lungs meals Measles medicines Mercurius milk nausea neck nervous nourishment Nux Vomica occurs pains Paralysis paroxysms patient pimples poison poultices Pulsatilla pulse purulent remedies Rheumatism Rhus Scarlatina Scrofulous Silicea Silicea 3x skin stimulants stomach Strychnia suitable Sulphur 3x Sulphuric acid symptoms temperature tenderness tepid throat tion tongue treatment TREATMENT.-The tumours ulcerated urine usually vesicles vide article vomiting warm
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Page 543 - Fruit Cream. Apples, gooseberries, rhubarb, or any fresh fruit. To every pint of pulp add one pint of milk or cream, sugar to taste. Prepare the fruit as for stewing, put it into a jar, with two table-spoonfuls of water, and a little good moist sugar. Set this jar in a saucepan of boiling water, and let it boil till the fruit is soft enough to mash. When done enough, beat it to a pulp, work this pulp through a colander, and to every pint stir in the above proportion of milk or cream.
Page 543 - Mulled Wine. Boil some spice, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, or mace, in a little water, just to flavour the wine ; then add a wine-glass of sherry, or any other wine, and some sugar, bring it to boiling point, and serve with sippets of toast. If claret is used, it will require more sugar. The vessel for boiling the wine should be scrupulously clean.
Page 529 - Take one pound of fresh beef, free from fat, chop it fine, and pour over it eight ounces of soft water, add five or six drops of hydrochloric acid, and fifty or sixty grains of common salt, stir it well, and leave it for three hours in a cool place.
Page 530 - Then pass the fluid through a hair sieve, pressing the meat slightly, and adding gradually towards the end of the straining about two more ounces of water. The liquid thus obtained is of a red colour, possessing the taste of soup. It should be taken cold, a tea-cupful at a time. If preferred warm, it must not be put on the fire, but heated in a covered vessel placed in hot water. Should it...
Page 543 - ... nearly boiling before the coffee is added, boil both together for three minutes; clear it by pouring some of it into a cup and dashing it back again, add the isinglass, and leave it to settle on the hob for a few minutes. Beat up an egg in a breakfast cup, and pour the coffee upon it...
Page 542 - Pour the custard into the dish, grate a little nutmeg over the top, and bake it in a very slow oven for half an hour.
Page 530 - ... pound of gravy beef, free from fat and skin, chop it up very fine, add a little salt, and put it into an earthen jar with a lid, fasten up the edges with a thick paste, such as is used Cor roasting venison in, and place the jar in the oven for three or four hours.
Page 543 - Arrowroot Blancmange. Two table-spoonfuls of arrowroot, three-quarters of a pint of milk, lemon and sugar to taste. Mix the arrowroot with a little milk to a smooth batter ; put the rest of the milk on the fire, and let it boil, sweeten and flavour it, stirring all the time, till it thickens sufficiently to come from the saucepan. Put it into a mould till quite cold.
Page 543 - Milk and Cinnamon Drink. Boil in one pint of new milk sufficient cinnamon to flavour it pleasantly, and sweeten with white sugar. This may be taken cold with a tea-spoonful of brandy, and is very good in cases of diarrhoea. Children may take it milk-warm without the brandy. Demulcent Drink.
Page 543 - ... ounce of port wine. To keep Milk from Turning Sour. Fifteen grains of bicarbonate of soda to a quart of milk prevents it from turning sour.