Vinegar

10,218. Add half a fluid ounce of alcohol to a gallon of diluted acetic acid and set the mixture aside for a few weeks, the longer the better, - enough acetic ether is generated to give it the clear full aroma of fine vinegar, and then for table use it is very far superior to any vinegar made in the ordinary way by fermenting cider, and it is more wholesome, because free from the decomposition products of the fermentation of rotten or bad fruit, and free from the animalculae and other impurities always present in vinegar by fermentation. - Squibbs.

Vinegar Whey

10,219. Take of milk one pint, vinegar half an ounce. Boil for a few minutes and separate the curd.

Whey

10,220. Curdle warm milk with rennet, and strain off the liquid, or put into boiling milk as much lemon juice or cider as will curdle it and make it clear, then pour off, add a little hot water and sweeten if desired.

Pepsin Wine

10,221. Take crystal pepsin 384 grains, tartaric acid 10 grains, dissolve in sherry wine 13 ounces, and add glycerine 3 ounces. When perfectly dissolved, filter. Each drachm contains three grs. pepsin. Dose: Teaspoonful after meals.

- Dr. Carl L. Jensen.

Port Wine Jelly

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Take of port wine one pint, isinglass one ounce, sugar one ounce; put the isinglass and sugar into a quarter of a pint of water, warm till all is dissolved, then add the wine, strain through muslin and set to jelly.

An excellent way of giving port wine.

wine whey.

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Boil a pint of new milk, while boiling pour in a small tumbler of white wine, put it over the fire to boil again, being careful not to stir it and as soon as it boils remove and set aside until the curd settles, then pour off the clear whey. If too strong, add a little water.

Useful in low fevers or those requiring a moderate degree of stimulation.

Wine And Egg

10,224. Beat up an egg till it froths, add a lump of sugar and two tablespoonfuls of water; mix well, pour in a wineglassful of sherry and serve before it gets flat. Half the quantity of brandy may be used instead of sherry.

Summer Regimen For Nursing Infants

During the variable weather of summer when digestive disturbances are so apt to occur in nursing infants, there should be a decided decrease in the amount of milk taken, and the following is prescribed to be taken after each feeding:

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℞ Papainae purse........ gr. vj

Acidi lactici......... gr. xxiv

Syrupi simplicis........ c jss

Tincturae vanillae........ q. s.

Aquae............. ℥ iijss

M. S. A dessertspoonful after each meal.

- L'abeille Medicale.

Nutritive Enemata Peptonized Beef

10,226. 1. Take 5 oz. of finely scraped meat, chop it still finer, add to it 1 1/2 oz. of finely chopped pancreas free from fat, or 2 3 of pancreatic solution, then add about 3 oz. of lukewarm water, and stir to the consistence of a thick pulp. Inject while warm at about 98o Fahr.

10,227. 2. Take of lean beef finely minced 1 pound, water 1 pint, pancreatic solution 6 f. 3; mix the beef with the water, and simmer gently for one hour and a half; then strain the beef tea into a jug provided with a cover, beat the residue into a paste, add it to the liquid in the jug, and when the temperature has cooled down to 1400 Fahr., add the pancreatic solution, and stir well together. Place the covered jug in a warm situation for two hours; then boil the contents for three minutes, and finally strain. Not more than four ounces to be injected at a time.