The household (of the Detroit free press)

In this way half a pint of excellent tea should be made in about half an hour from two pounds of good beef, and that is generally sufficient for a sick person in from twelve to twenty-four hours. For simple debility, without disease, the quantity can be increased. Nourishment — Frequently we find sick people whose stomachs reject all kinds of nourishment, until conditions follow that are in many cases fatal. But the simple saucer of parched corn pudding is never refused. The corn is roasted brown, precisely as we roast coffee, ground as fine as meal in a coffee-mill, and made either into mush, gruel, or thin cakes, baked lightly brown and given either warm or cold, clear, and with whatever dressing the stomach will retain. Parched corn and meal boiled in milk, and fed frequently to children suffering from summer diarrhea, will almost always cure, as it will dysentery in adults. Or they can be sustained by this when nothing else can be taken : Make a strong cup of coffee, adding boiling milk as usual, only sweetening rather more; take an egg, beat yolk and white thoroughly together ; boil the coffee, milk and sugar together, and pour it over the beaten egg in the cup you are going to serve it in. This is often used in hospital service. Cough Drops — Linseed, half cup, olive oil, half cup, molasses or honey, half pint, balsam of fir, half ounce, extract of licorice, one-fourth ounce ; mix, simmer, and take from ten to twenty drops, three times a day. Cough Mixture — The whites of six fresh eggs beaten to a froth with half a teacupful of fine white sugar ; add juice of four lemons, three tablespoonfuls pure honey, quarter ounce of laudanum ; beat all together, bottle and cork tightly. Take a teaspoonful when the coughing comes on ; shake well before taking ; crushed sugar rolled fine with a roller is the best to use. Cough Syrup — Four teaspoonfuls oi castor oil, four teaspoonfuls of molasses, one teaspoonful of camphor and one teaspoonful of paregoric. Mix together and take a teaspoonful at a dose, four or five times a day. A month old baby can take a few drops ; six months', a half teaspoonful, and a year old, a spoonful. When a child has a cold, and threatened with croup, begin giving the syrup, during the day and on going to bed. If it coughs during the night give more. It will not fail to prevent croup and cure a cough. A grown person can take a larger dose. Cough Cordial — Take three tablespoonfuls of whole flax seed ; put in an earthen vessel or pitcher ; pour on a quart of boiling water ; let it stand by the fire for an hour, then add the juice of four large lemons, half teacup pure honey, one large stick of licorice broken in bits, one stick of rock candy pounded fine ; stir often, and when licorice and candy dissolve, stir. If too thick and jelly-like, add more boiling water ; some people like it to jelly. Take a good drink of this whenever you feel inclined to cough ; it is best drank cold, as it will not induce perspiration. This can be drank by anyone, young or old. Blackberry Cordial — To two quarts blackberry juice add half an ounce powdered nutmegs, half an ounce cinnamon, half an ounce allspice and one-quarter ounce cloves ; boil to extract the strength ; when cold add a pint of brandy and sweeten with loaf sugar.