Brandy Cordial. — Mix together a gill of brandy and a gill of thick barley water, and beat it well up with the yolks of two eggs and a teaspoonful of sugar✪ Brandy Cordial. In cases of great exhaustion give two tablespoonfuls every half-hour or oftener. Cordial in cases of extreme Prostration. — (Sir William Jenner, Bart ., M.D.) — Mix one claretglass of the best champagne you can get with half a claretglass of the richest cream✪ Cordial in Cases of Extreme Prostration. In cases of extreme prostration from fever give this quantity every hour. Eg’g’ beaten up in Sherry or Brandy. — Divide the yolk from the white, and beat up the yolk for one meal, and the white for another. In this way the beverage is lighter than when yolk and white are beaten up together. Eg’g’ with Champagne. — Beat the yolk of an egg well, and put it into a champagne glass. Fill the glass from a freshly- opened bottle of champagne. Patients who dislike the taste of a raw egg can often be persuaded to swallow this, as the champagne froths and conceals the flavour of the egg. In cases of great exhaustion a few drops of brandy may be beaten up with the egg. Hen’s Milk. — Beat up two yolks of fresh eggs in one ounce of brandy, stir them into a teacupful of boiling water, and serve 444 CORDIALS as soon as it is cool enough to swallow. Always remove the germ when eggs are beaten up. Or instead of brandy beat up the yolks of egg with enough orange-flower water to turn them white, and then stir them into the boiling water. A little sugar may be added in this case, but the delicate flavour of the orange- flowers is generally preferred without it. Hen’s Milk is extremely nutritious if beef tea is used instead of the boiling water. The egg should be beaten up by itself first, and the hot beef tea gradually added to it. ADDITIONAL RECIPES. American Crust Coffee. — Cut some thin slices of stale bread, and bake them in the oven till they are quite dark brown. Pound the slices in a mortar. Boil one ounce of crumbs in half a pint of water in a small saucepan. Take it off the fire, let it stand for a few minutes, and then strain the liquid through a fine tin strainer into a breakfast cup. Serve hot. An invalid often enjoys sipping this Crust Coffee, which is quite as wholesome and nourishing as our English Toast and Water. Iced Drinks for Invalids. — These should always be prepared by icing the outside of the tumbler or glass, and by using one of the tumblers with a handle containing a pocket for holding a piece of ice. Ice put into the liquid destroys the flavour and weakens the strength of whatever is given; and, besides this, ice is not always made from perfectly pure water. If ice is given to the patient to suck, the greatest care must be taken that the water was pure before it was frozen. In severe suffering from nausea a morsel of ice dipped in lightly- frothed white of egg gives not only great relief but a certain amount of support. Another form of iced nourishment, also most valuable in severe nausea, is a teaspoonful of cream beaten up in a table- spoonful of well-iced champagne. But, above all, the ice must be free from any taint of impurity. ✪ Hen's Milk

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Brandy Cordial. — Mix together a gill of brandy and a gill of thick barley water, and beat it well up with the yolks of two eggs and a teaspoonful of sugar. In cases of great exhaustion give two tablespoonfuls every half-hour or oftener. Cordial in cases of extreme Prostration. — (Sir William Jenner, Bart ., M.D.) — Mix one claretglass of the best champagne you can get with half a claretglass of the richest cream. In cases of extreme prostration from fever give this quantity every hour. Eg’g’ beaten up in Sherry or Brandy. — Divide the yolk from the white, and beat up the yolk for one meal, and the white for another. In this way the beverage is lighter than when yolk and white are beaten up together. Eg’g’ with Champagne. — Beat the yolk of an egg well, and put it into a champagne glass. Fill the glass from a freshly- opened bottle of champagne. Patients who dislike the taste of a raw egg can often be persuaded to swallow this, as the champagne froths and conceals the flavour of the egg. In cases of great exhaustion a few drops of brandy may be beaten up with the egg. Hen’s Milk. — Beat up two yolks of fresh eggs in one ounce of brandy, stir them into a teacupful of boiling water, and serve 444 CORDIALS as soon as it is cool enough to swallow. Always remove the germ when eggs are beaten up. Or instead of brandy beat up the yolks of egg with enough orange-flower water to turn them white, and then stir them into the boiling water. A little sugar may be added in this case, but the delicate flavour of the orange- flowers is generally preferred without it. Hen’s Milk is extremely nutritious if beef tea is used instead of the boiling water. The egg should be beaten up by itself first, and the hot beef tea gradually added to it. ADDITIONAL RECIPES. American Crust Coffee. — Cut some thin slices of stale bread, and bake them in the oven till they are quite dark brown. Pound the slices in a mortar. Boil one ounce of crumbs in half a pint of water in a small saucepan. Take it off the fire, let it stand for a few minutes, and then strain the liquid through a fine tin strainer into a breakfast cup. Serve hot. An invalid often enjoys sipping this Crust Coffee, which is quite as wholesome and nourishing as our English Toast and Water. Iced Drinks for Invalids. — These should always be prepared by icing the outside of the tumbler or glass, and by using one of the tumblers with a handle containing a pocket for holding a piece of ice. Ice put into the liquid destroys the flavour and weakens the strength of whatever is given; and, besides this, ice is not always made from perfectly pure water. If ice is given to the patient to suck, the greatest care must be taken that the water was pure before it was frozen. In severe suffering from nausea a morsel of ice dipped in lightly- frothed white of egg gives not only great relief but a certain amount of support. Another form of iced nourishment, also most valuable in severe nausea, is a teaspoonful of cream beaten up in a table- spoonful of well-iced champagne. But, above all, the ice must be free from any taint of impurity.

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