POUND CAKE, a Good One.
— Beat a pound of butter to a cream,
and mix with it the whites and yolks of
eight eggs beaten apart. Have ready,
warm by the fire, a pound of flour, and
the same of sifted sugar, mix them, and
a few cloves, a little nutmeg, and cinna-
mo✪ Pound Cake, a Good Onen, in fine powder together ; then by
degrees work the ingredients into the
butter and eggs. When well beaten,
add a glass of wine and some caraways.
It must be beaten a full hour. Butter
a pan, and bake it a full hour in a quick
oven.
The above proportions, leaving out
four ounces of the butter, and the same
of sugar, make a less luscious cake, and
to most tastes a more pleasant one.
POUND CAKE, Plain.— Work
one pound of butter with cream and one
pound of sifted sugar, till it becomes
quite smooth ; beat up nine eggs and
put them by degrees to the butter and
beat altogether for twenty minutes.
Then mix in lightly one pound of flour ;
put the whole into a hoop cased with
paper, on a baking plate, and bake it
for about one hour in a moderate oven,
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One ounce of caraway seeds added to
the foregoing will make what is termed
a rich seed cake.
POWDER, Aperient.— Take of
the best Turkey rhubarb, cinnamon, and
fine sugar, of each two drachms. Let
the ingredients be pounded, and after-
wards mixed well together.
When flatulence is accompanied with
costiveness, a tea-spoonful of this pow-
der may be taken once or twice a day,
according to circumstances.
POWDER, Carminative.
Take of coriander seeds % an oz. ; gin-
ger, i drachm ; nutmegs, % a drachm ;
fine sugar, i % drachm ; reduce them
into powder for twelve doses.
This powder is employed for expelling
flatulency, arising from indigestion. It
may be given in small quantities to
children in their food, when troubled
with gripes.
POWDER, Saline Laxative. —
Take of soluble tartar, and cream of
tartar, of each i drachm ; purified nitre,
% a drachm. Make them into a
powder.
In fevers and other inflammatory dis-
orders, where it is necessary to keep the
body gently open, one of these cooling
laxative powders may be taken in a little
gruel, and repeated occasionally.
POWDER, Steel. — Take filings
of steel, and loaf sugar, of each 2 ozs. ;
ginger, a drachms.✪ Steel Powder Pound them to-
gether.
In obstructions of the menses, and
other cases where steel is proper, a tea-
spoonful of this powder may be taken
twice a day, and washed down with
wine or water.
POWDER, Sudorific. — Take
purified nitre and vitriolated tartar, of
each % an oz. ; opium and ipecacuanha,
of each 1 drachm. Mix the ingredients,
and reduce them to a fine powder.
This is known by the name of Dover’s
powder. It is a powerful sudorific. In
obstinate rheumatism and other cases
where it is necessary to excite a copious
sweat, this powder may be administered
tn the dose of a scruple, or £ a drachm
accompanied with copious draughts of
warm diluting liquor.
POWDER. Worm.— Take of
tin, reduced Into a fine powder, it os. ;
EtbSop's mineral, a drachms.✪ Worm Powder Mix well
together, and divide into six doses.
One of these powders may be taken in a
little syrup, honey, or treacle, twice a
day. Then the following anthelmintic
purge will be proper : —
Powdered rhubarb, a scruple ; scam-
mony and calomel, of each 5 grains.
Rub them in a mortar for one dose.
For children, the above doses must be
lessened according to their age. If the
powder of tin be given alone, its do3e
may be considerably increased.
Consult me
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
POUND CAKE, a Good One. — Beat a pound of butter to a cream, and mix with it the whites and yolks of eight eggs beaten apart. Have ready, warm by the fire, a pound of flour, and the same of sifted sugar, mix them, and a few cloves, a little nutmeg, and cinnamon, in fine powder together ; then by degrees work the ingredients into the butter and eggs. When well beaten, add a glass of wine and some caraways. It must be beaten a full hour. Butter a pan, and bake it a full hour in a quick oven.
The above proportions, leaving out four ounces of the butter, and the same of sugar, make a less luscious cake, and to most tastes a more pleasant one.
POUND CAKE, Plain.— Work one pound of butter with cream and one pound of sifted sugar, till it becomes quite smooth ; beat up nine eggs and put them by degrees to the butter and beat altogether for twenty minutes. Then mix in lightly one pound of flour ; put the whole into a hoop cased with paper, on a baking plate, and bake it for about one hour in a moderate oven,
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One ounce of caraway seeds added to the foregoing will make what is termed a rich seed cake.
POWDER, Aperient.— Take of the best Turkey rhubarb, cinnamon, and fine sugar, of each two drachms. Let the ingredients be pounded, and afterwards mixed well together.
When flatulence is accompanied with costiveness, a tea-spoonful of this powder may be taken once or twice a day, according to circumstances.
POWDER, Carminative.
Take of coriander seeds % an oz. ; ginger, i drachm ; nutmegs, % a drachm ; fine sugar, i % drachm ; reduce them into powder for twelve doses.
This powder is employed for expelling flatulency, arising from indigestion. It may be given in small quantities to children in their food, when troubled with gripes.
POWDER, Saline Laxative. — Take of soluble tartar, and cream of tartar, of each i drachm ; purified nitre, % a drachm. Make them into a powder.
In fevers and other inflammatory disorders, where it is necessary to keep the body gently open, one of these cooling laxative powders may be taken in a little gruel, and repeated occasionally.
POWDER, Steel. — Take filings of steel, and loaf sugar, of each 2 ozs. ; ginger, a drachms. Pound them together.
In obstructions of the menses, and other cases where steel is proper, a teaspoonful of this powder may be taken twice a day, and washed down with wine or water.
POWDER, Sudorific. — Take purified nitre and vitriolated tartar, of each % an oz. ; opium and ipecacuanha, of each 1 drachm. Mix the ingredients, and reduce them to a fine powder.
This is known by the name of Dover’s powder. It is a powerful sudorific. In obstinate rheumatism and other cases where it is necessary to excite a copious sweat, this powder may be administered tn the dose of a scruple, or £ a drachm accompanied with copious draughts of warm diluting liquor.
POWDER. Worm.— Take of tin, reduced Into a fine powder, it os. ; EtbSop's mineral, a drachms. Mix well
together, and divide into six doses. One of these powders may be taken in a little syrup, honey, or treacle, twice a day. Then the following anthelmintic purge will be proper : —
Powdered rhubarb, a scruple ; scammony and calomel, of each 5 grains. Rub them in a mortar for one dose. For children, the above doses must be lessened according to their age. If the powder of tin be given alone, its do3e may be considerably increased.
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