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Chalk Mixture

From The standard book of recipes and housewife's guide, comprising as complete cook book, 1901

Serves 6

Often something is added to make it more binding or astringent, such as catechu or paregoric.

Presented as published in 1901. 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 standard book of recipes and housewife's guide, comprising as complete cook book (1901) by Johnson, Alice A.,, page 170. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Chalk Mixture. — A convenient medicine for common diarrhoea, made of prepared chalk, gum-arabic, glj^cerine, and cinnamon water

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