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BEVERAGES FOR INVALIDS.
pleasant taste, and it is usually therefore
usec1
with milk
aa
directed
in
the following
recipe;-
LlllE WATER AND Mll.K.
One part of lime water, mixed with one,
two,
or even three parts of fresh milk, which com–
pletely covers its diaagreeable
taate.
Half
a.
pint to be taken as
a.
drink
tw"o or three times
a
day.
WATER SOUCHY,
•
Take two
small
flounders;
boil
them
in
a
quart of water, until
it
is reduced to less than
a pint, which is long enough
to
reduce the
fish
to a pulp ; strain tl:le liquor through a sieve ;
and, having cut off the fins and heads
of
four.
other small flounders, put them
into
the liquor–
with
a little salt, a
few
grains
of
cayenne
peP" ·
per,
and
a little parsley ;
boil
just long
enough
to
render the fish proper to
be
eaten.
The .
fish and liquor should
be
eaten together ; 111Dall ·
soles, or whitings, are no inferior substitutes for
the flounders. Few kinds of diet ate so much
relished
by
persons recovering from fever and
other acute diseases.
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LINSEED TEA.
Linseed, three quarters of an ounce ;
fresh
liquorice root, one quarter of an ounce ; boil–
ing water, one pint..
Pour the boiling water
on the other ingredients, and allow the whole
to stand
by
the aide of the fire for about three