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Presented as published in 1902. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
The bowels must not be neglected, j but kept open by gentle aperients, as ! castor oil, a weak infusion of salts and senna, according to the strength of the i patient. This tends to cool the system, I and divert the humours from the chest to the bowels. Bronchitis from the acute sometimes | passes into the chronic. The person in such case should be well clothed, wear flannel next to the skin — should avoid exposure to cold and damp, and abstain from alcoholic drinks. Indeed, in many cases, bronchitis is caused by intemper- ance, and also by much public speaking. When the cough is violent and fast, lake expectorants recommended in this book, and apply to the chest the Stimu- lating Ointment (which see) Dr. Beach i advises the use of the Tar-bath exactly in the following way : — Add one ounce of common potash to one pound of tar, to deprive it of its pyroligneous acid. | Mix well, and boil together in the open i air for fifteen minutes — then to be kept j gendy simmering in the room of the I patient. This may be done by placing it over a spirit lamp. The Irritating Plaster is very service- j able in bronchial affections. The Americans recommend the smoking of Mullen leaves dried. During the inflammation attendant i on this complaint, the diet must be I simple and soothing ; as gruels, sago, rice, tapioca, arrowroot, &c. The ) patient must keep in a warm room, and j avoid cold and damp. During conva- I lescence, tonics should be freely taken. | Avoid stimulating drinks. BROOM. Ste Robinson's Herbal. \ — It is a valuable diuretic, and it may j be safely administered. The green tops I are to be infused, an ounce to a pint of j boiling water, covered and placed near i a warm fire from six to eight hours. | Take a teacupful twice a day. A little ! spirits of nitre, and a few juniper ! berries will assist to cause the flow of i urine. BRONZING PLASTER OF PARIS, &c. — First, give to the figures a coat of oil, or size varnish, and when nearly dry, apply with a dabber of cotton or camel-hair pencil, any of the metallic bronze powders ; or the powder may be placed in a little bag of muslin, and dusted over the surface, and afterwards finished off with a wad of linen. The surface must be after- wards varnished. BROTH, that will Keep. — Put part of a round of beef, a knuckle bone veal, and a few shanks of mutton into a deep pan, and cover close with a dish or coarse crust ; bake till the beef is done enough for eating, with only as much water as will cover. When cold, cover it close in a cool place. When used, give what flavour may be ap- proved. BROTH, Readily-made. Take a bone or two of a neck or loin of mutton, take off the fat and skin, set it on the fire in a small tin saucepan that has a cover, with three quarters of a pint of water, the meat being first beaten, and cut in thin bits : put a bit of thyme and parsley, and, if approved, a slice of onion. Let it boil very quick, skim it nicely ; take off the cover, if likely to be too weak ; else cover it. Half an hour is sufficient for the whole process. BROTH, Strengthening. — Boil two pounds of loin of mutton, with a very large handful of chervil, in two quarts of waterStrengthening Broth to one. Take off part of the fat. Any other herbs or roots may be added. Take half a pint three or four times a day. BROWN BREAD ICE.