For Diarrhoea

If the child has symptoms of diarrhoea or summer complaint, take the caul of mutton or lamb, and simmer in a pint of water, dusting in a little flour and a little salt. This soup is nutritious, and allays the irritation of the bowels.

Arrowroot

Made quite thin, with a teaspoonful of sweet cream, is nutritious and harmless. Do not make the food for infants too rich.

Milk Porridge

Take 1 spoonful of Indian meal, and 1 of white flour; wet to a paste with cold water; put the paste into 2 cups of boiling water, and boil 20 minutes; add 2 cups of milk and a pinch of salt, and cook 10 minutes more, stirring often. Eat with sugar and milk stirred in while hot.

For Teething

Tie a teacup of flour closely in a cloth, and boil for 1 hour. When cold, grate fine - enough to thicken a pint of half milk and half water the consistence of porridge. Add a litte salt.

Barley Water

Pick over and wash 3 tablespoonfuls of pearl barley; soak it 1/2 hour in a very little lukewarm water, and stir, without draining, into 2 cupfuls of boiling water, salted a very little. Simmer 1 hour, stirring often. Strain, and add 2 teaspoonfuls white sugar. When milk disagrees with infants, barley water can often be used.