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BEVERAGES J'OR INVALIDS.
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well together
for
ten
minutes,
and then
ponr
boiling water gra<lually over, stirring briskly
until the
cup
is
full Thia
is
to
be
driink
very
hot, when
in
bed.
SWEET WORT• .
Sweet
wort
is a
pleaant,
nutritious,
anti–
scorbutic
drink ;
it
is
readily
made
in
small
quantities, so as
to
be
used in
a.
fresh sta.te,
be–
fore it has suffered
any
change .from keeping,
• by
boiling three ounces
of
bruised malt
in
a
quart of water, and
straining.
•
LIME WATER.
Tako
ha.If
&
pound
of fresh-burnt lime ; sla.ke
it
by
pouring a small qllalltity of water upon
it ;
when
it
bas
fallen
to
powder,
mix
it
with
twelve
pints of water,
and
allow
the excess of lime
to
settle
by
standing. . Lime water should
be
kepi
in
a clOaely-etopped Teeeel,
arid
the excess of
lime
should
be
allowed
to
remain
a.t
the
bottom, ..
n
preserves the strength
of
a
uniform
degree,·
and
supplies fresh lime fur
Mt
portions
wliich
may
be
precipitated
by
the action
of
the air.
Lime water
is
taken
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a beverage rather
than
as a medicine.
It
is
found
exceedingly
useful
in
some cases
of diarrbrea,
and
obstinate
aickneee,
and
particularly
in
that
state
of the syst.em
which
is
commonly
called "
I\
breaking n:p
of
the constitution ;" taken alone, however,
it
is
exceedingly objectionable on account of ita
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