MATCHLESS CAKE. — As you whisk right well 5 eggs, very gra- dually add 8 ors. of sifted loaf sugar ; 8 ozs. of flour, dry and sifted ; 6 ozs. of butter, just melted; the rinds' of two small lemons, a little cinnamon, and candied lemon, or citron. Immediately before you mould the cake or cakes, incorporate % oz. of carbonate of soda✪ Matchless Cake ; bake one hour in a moderate oven. Be sure to keep light by constant whisking. MEAD, to Make. — To 7 gallons of water, put 15 lbs. of honey ; boil and skim it well ; take rosemary, thyme, bay-leaves, and sweet-briar, one handful all together ; boil one hour ; put into a tub with a little ground malt ; stir till it Is lukewarm ; strain, and pour it into the tub again ; cut a toast, and spread It over with yeast, and put it into the tub ; and when the liquor is covered with yeast, put it up in a barrel ; take of cloves, mace, and nutmegs, 1 % oz. ; of ginger slice✪ Meadd, 1 oz. ; bruise the spice ; tie it in a cloth, hang it in the vessel, stopping it up close for use. Mead is very pleasant if cowslips and lemon are added to the above — using water, &c. in proportion. MEAD WINE.— Soft water, 9 gallons, white currants, 3 quarts ; fer- ment ; mix honey, 15 lbs- I white tartar, powdered, 1 J4 oz. ; add balm and sweet briar, each half a handful ; white brandy, K a gallon.✪ Mead Wine This will make 9 or 10 gallons. MEASLES, an Eruptive Dis- ease.— It is indicated by chilliness, shivering pain in the head, fever, sneez- ing, discharges from the nose, sickness, and sometimes vomiting, hoarseness, cough, heaviness of the eyes ; the eye- lids frequently swell so as to cause blindness, the patient complains of his throat, and a looseness often precedes the eruption. The third or fourth day an eruption, like flea-bites, appears in the face, neck, and breast, and soon after in the body and limbs ; the erup- tion does not suppurate. But the spots soon run into one another, and form red streaks, giving to the skin an in- flammatory appearance, and produce a preceptible swelling on the face. The eruption may be distinguished from the small-pox by their scarcely rising above the skin. The fever, cough, and diffi- culty of breathing, instead of being re- moved by the eruption, as in the small pox, are rather increased ; but the vomiting generally ceases. About die sixth or seventh day, and sometimes earlier, the eruption begins to fade, and gradually disappears, ac- companied with a separation of the skin in the form of scales. But the other symptoms sometimes remain for a con- siderable time, and require care, warmth, and appropriate medicine. In the malignant measles, the erup- tion appears more early, and all the symptoms, just described, in an aggra- vated form. The mouth and throat assume appearances. The mouth and throat appear as if they were ulcerated, and the fever is of a typhus kind, and symptoms of putrescency appear ; also petichiae, or purple, livid spots, a pain in the head and eyes, difficult respira- tion, no expectoration with the cough, an inflammatory affection of the lungs, feeble, but rapid pulse, delirium, and oft a violent looseness ; these are very unfavourable symptoms. Such as die of the measles, generally expire about the ninth or tenth day from the first attack. — The most favourable symptoms are a moderate looseness, a moist skin, and a plentiful discharge of urine.

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MATCHLESS CAKE. — As you whisk right well 5 eggs, very gradually add 8 ors. of sifted loaf sugar ; 8 ozs. of flour, dry and sifted ; 6 ozs. of butter, just melted; the rinds' of two small lemons, a little cinnamon, and candied lemon, or citron. Immediately before you mould the cake or cakes, incorporate % oz. of carbonate of soda ; bake one hour in a moderate oven. Be sure to keep light by constant whisking. MEAD, to Make. — To 7 gallons of water, put 15 lbs. of honey ; boil and skim it well ; take rosemary, thyme, bay-leaves, and sweet-briar, one handful all together ; boil one hour ; put into a tub with a little ground malt ; stir till it Is lukewarm ; strain, and pour it into the tub again ; cut a toast, and spread It over with yeast, and put it into the tub ; and when the liquor is covered with yeast, put it up in a barrel ; take of cloves, mace, and nutmegs, 1 % oz. ; of ginger sliced, 1 oz. ; bruise the spice ; tie it in a cloth, hang it in the vessel, stopping it up close for use. Mead is very pleasant if cowslips and lemon are added to the above — using water, &c. in proportion. MEAD WINE.— Soft water, 9 gallons, white currants, 3 quarts ; ferment ; mix honey, 15 lbs- I white tartar, powdered, 1 J4 oz. ; add balm and sweet briar, each half a handful ; white brandy, K a gallon. This will make 9 or 10 gallons. MEASLES, an Eruptive Disease.— It is indicated by chilliness, shivering pain in the head, fever, sneezing, discharges from the nose, sickness, and sometimes vomiting, hoarseness, cough, heaviness of the eyes ; the eyelids frequently swell so as to cause blindness, the patient complains of his throat, and a looseness often precedes the eruption. The third or fourth day an eruption, like flea-bites, appears in the face, neck, and breast, and soon after in the body and limbs ; the eruption does not suppurate. But the spots soon run into one another, and form red streaks, giving to the skin an inflammatory appearance, and produce a preceptible swelling on the face. The eruption may be distinguished from the small-pox by their scarcely rising above the skin. The fever, cough, and difficulty of breathing, instead of being removed by the eruption, as in the small pox, are rather increased ; but the vomiting generally ceases. About die sixth or seventh day, and sometimes earlier, the eruption begins to fade, and gradually disappears, accompanied with a separation of the skin in the form of scales. But the other symptoms sometimes remain for a considerable time, and require care, warmth, and appropriate medicine. In the malignant measles, the eruption appears more early, and all the symptoms, just described, in an aggravated form. The mouth and throat assume appearances. The mouth and throat appear as if they were ulcerated, and the fever is of a typhus kind, and symptoms of putrescency appear ; also petichiae, or purple, livid spots, a pain in the head and eyes, difficult respiration, no expectoration with the cough, an inflammatory affection of the lungs, feeble, but rapid pulse, delirium, and oft a violent looseness ; these are very unfavourable symptoms. Such as die of the measles, generally expire about the ninth or tenth day from the first attack. — The most favourable symptoms are a moderate looseness, a moist skin, and a plentiful discharge of urine.

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