Effervescing Draught
From The standard book of recipes and housewife's guide, comprising as complete cook book, 1901
Serves 1
If lemon-juice cannot be had, a solution containing citric acid can be used instead.
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 174. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Effervescing Draught. — This is a cool- ing medicine for fever ; the carbolic acid gas in it also makes it acceptable to the stomach. It is composed on the following recipe : Dissolve two drachms and a half of bi- carbonate of potassium in four fluidounces of water. To make a draught, pour out a tablespoonful of this solution, and add to it a tablespoonful of water. Then pour into these a tablespoonful of fresh lemon-juice
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