A Good Bath for Persons Suffering from Debility
From The century cook book, 1894
Serves 1
Rubbing should be done with short, light strokes.
Presented as published in 1894. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from The century cook book (1894) by Jennie A. Hansey, page 134. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
A Good Bath for Persons Suffering from Debility. Take a quart of cheap whiskey and put into it a teacupful of rock salt; dip a crash towel in this and let it dry; then wet the body all o'^er with the salt and whiskey, and rub dry with the towel. The rubbing should be done with short, light strokes, and toward the heart; that is, the limbs should be rubbed up and the face, neck and upper part of the chest down. This bath relieves congestion and facili- tates circulation by bringing the blood to the surface of the body. Add to the mixture i tablespoonful camphor
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