boiling milk and keep stirring for quite five minutes. Have
ready the two whites of eggs beaten to a stiff froth; put the
froth on the top of the milk and corn-flour ciftcv it has boiled
for five minutes, and leave on a cool part of the stove for
about five minutes, then whisk all together lightly with
a fork, passing it through the mixture three or four times.
Stirring too much breaks up the whites, and prevents the
pretty effects of pieces of white with the creamy mixture.
This pudding may be given to a patient recovering from
typhoid fever.
Egg Drink (a refreshing and nourishing drink for
invalids). — •
The yolk of a fresh egg.
1 teaspoonful of fine sugar.
2 tablespoonfuls of hot milk,
pint of soda-water✪ Egg Drink.
Work the yolk of the egg into the sugar for five minutes,
then add the warm milk, stir quite smoothly, pour into a
tumbler, and fill up with soda-water.
Orange Jelly (for invalids). — One oz. isinglass dissolved in
just enough water to cover it, grated rind of 4 oranges,
4 teaspoonfuls of sugar (grate the rind on the sugar). Mix
with isinglass, simmer over a slow fire with the strained
orange juice, tumblerfuls ; a little piece of cinnamon
and a slice of lemon✪ Orange Jelly for Invalids. When it has boiled up, strain and
cool.
Port Wine Jelly (for invalids). —
I oz. isinglass.
1 oz. gum arabic.
2 ozs. white sugar-candy.
I pint of old port wine.
Steep the above in half the port wine over-night. Next
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morning add the rest of the wine and boil slowly for half-
an-hour.
Tortoise Soup. — The edible tortoise we call sculpatje, its
learned title is — Order, Chelonia reptilia. Tortoise proper
belongs to sub-order or Family Testudinidae.
I know of several instances where children seemed to be
just wasting away 2X the ages of two and three, and have been
strengthened and restored by a soup made by boiling down
the whole tortoise, after chopping off its head, scrubbing it
well, and then boiling it till the parts separate. The juice
strained and taken. To kill a tortoise, our old cook
Abraham used to scratch its back, and when the tortoise
put out its head he chopped it off.
The legs of the tortoise after it is boiled, and the liver
(which is a special delicacy), after removing the gall-bag,
eaten with lemon and pepper and salt✪ Tortoise Soup, is much appreciated
by invalids when they can take nothing else (of course it is
an acquired taste). It is also very nice when scalloped
with a little butter and bread-crumbs.
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NURSING HINTS.
Would it not be advisable for those who expect to live in
out-of-the-way places to spend a few months previously in
nursing training, so as not to be entirely ignorant of the
elements of what good nursing means? Training in a
hospital for children would also not be time wasted.
Nursing Hints. Here are some practical nursing hints,
mostly from a lady (Miss Tarleton) of much experience
with invalids.
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boiling milk and keep stirring for quite five minutes. Have ready the two whites of eggs beaten to a stiff froth; put the froth on the top of the milk and corn-flour after it has boiled for five minutes, and leave on a cool part of the stove for about five minutes, then whisk all together lightly with a fork, passing it through the mixture three or four times. Stirring too much breaks up the whites, and prevents the pretty effects of pieces of white with the creamy mixture. This pudding may be given to a patient recovering from typhoid fever.
Egg Drink (a refreshing and nourishing drink for invalids). — •
The yolk of a fresh egg.
1 teaspoonful of fine sugar.
2 tablespoonfuls of hot milk, 1 pint of soda-water.
Work the yolk of the egg into the sugar for five minutes, then add the warm milk, stir quite smoothly, pour into a tumbler, and fill up with soda-water.
Orange Jelly (for invalids). — One oz. isinglass dissolved in just enough water to cover it, grated rind of 4 oranges, 4 teaspoonfuls of sugar (grate the rind on the sugar). Mix with isinglass, simmer over a slow fire with the strained orange juice, tumberfuls; a little piece of cinnamon and a slice of lemon. When it has boiled up, strain and cool.
Port Wine Jelly (for invalids). —
I oz. isinglass.
1 oz. gum arabic.
2 ozs. white sugar-candy.
I pint of old port wine.
Steep the above in half the port wine over-night. Next
INVALID COOKERY App.
morning add the rest of the wine and boil slowly for halfan-hour.
Tortoise Soup. — The edible tortoise we call sculpatje, its learned title is — Order, Chelonia reptilia. Tortoise proper belongs to sub-order or Family Testudinidae.
I know of several instances where children seemed to be just wasting away 2X the ages of two and three, and have been strengthened and restored by a soup made by boiling down the whole tortoise, after chopping off its head, scrubbing it well, and then boiling it till the parts separate. The juice strained and taken. To kill a tortoise, our old cook Abraham used to scratch its back, and when the tortoise put out its head he chopped it off.
The legs of the tortoise after it is boiled, and the liver (which is a special delicacy), after removing the gall-bag, eaten with lemon and pepper and salt, is much appreciated by invalids when they can take nothing else (of course it is an acquired taste). It is also very nice when scalloped with a little butter and bread-crumbs.
NURSING HINTS.
Would it not be advisable for those who expect to live in out-of-the-way places to spend a few months previously in nursing training, so as not to be entirely ignorant of the elements of what good nursing means? Training in a hospital for children would also not be time wasted.
Nursing Hints. Here are some practical nursing hints,
mostly from a lady (Miss Tarleton) of much experience with invalids.
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Egg DrinkOrange Jelly for InvalidsPort Wine Jelly for InvalidsTortoise Soup