Mother, Nurse and Infant: A Manual Especially Adapted for the Guidance of Mothers and Monthly Nurses, Comprising Full Instruction in Regard To Pregnancy, Preparation for Child-birth, and the Care of Mother and Child, and Designed to Impart so Much Knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology, Midwifery, and the Proper Use of Medicines as Will Serve Intelligently to Direct the Wife, Mother and Nurse in All Emergencies.Sackett, S. P.
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Mother, Nurse and Infant: A Manual Especially Adapted for the Guidance of Mothers and Monthly Nurses, Comprising Full Instruction in Regard To Pregnancy, Preparation for Child-birth, and the Care of Mother and Child, and Designed to Impart so Much Knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology, Midwifery, and the Proper Use of Medicines as Will Serve Intelligently to Direct the Wife, Mother and Nurse in All Emergencies.
Sackett, S. P.
Infants -- Care; Materia medica; Obstetrics -- Popular works; Women -- Health and hygiene
Take boiling milk one quart, ground rice two table spoonfuls wet with
cold milk, salt one salt spoonful; stir in the rice paste and boil ten
minutes, stirring constantly. Season with sugar and nutmeg, and eat warm
with cream.
21. TAPIOCA JELLY.
Take of tapioca two spoonfuls, water one pint; boil gently for an hour,
or until it assumes a jelly-like appearance. Add sugar and nutmeg with
lemon juice to suit the taste of the patient.
22. RICE GRUEL.
Take of ground rice one ounce, cinnamon one drachm, water one quart;
boil for thirty minutes, adding the cinnamon near the conclusion. Strain
and sweeten it.
23. PANADA.
Take of wheat bread one ounce, cinnamon one drachm (or if preferred a
little mace), water one pint; boil without stirring until they mix and
turn smooth. Then add a grate of nutmeg, a small piece of butter, and
sugar according to taste. Some add a table spoonful of wine.
24. BREAD JELLY.
Steep stale bread in boiling water, and pass through a fine sieve while
still hot. This is a light, nourishing diet for a weak stomach, which
may be taken alone, or after being boiled with milk.
25. RICE CREAM.
Steep a quarter of a pound of whole rice in milk, and put in a sieve to
drain and cool; mix the rice with a gill of cream whisked to a froth,
and a little powdered sugar, and a teaspoonful of lemon juice. Some add
wine but it is not necessary.
26. TO MAKE FAT.
The diet to be prescribed when the aim is to produce increased weight
should include such articles as fat meats, butter, cream, milk, cocoa,
chocolate, bread, potatoes, peas, parsnips, beets, farinaceous and flour
puddings, pastry, almond puddings, and biscuit, custards, oatmeal
porridge, sugar and sweets, porter, &c.
27. MILK PORRIDGE.
Take wheat flour two table spoonfuls, milk one pint, water one pint; mix
the flour with cold water to form a thin paste; put the milk and water
over the fire, and when they come to a boiling point add the paste,
carefully stirring.
28. FRENCH MILK PORRIDGE.
Stir some oatmeal and water together, let the mixture stand to clear,
and pour off the water; then put more water to the meal, stir it well
and let it stand till the next day; strain through a fine sieve and boil
the water, adding milk while so doing. Let the proportion of milk exceed
one-half. With toast this is good diet for the sick.
29. LIME WATER AND MILK.
Take of lime water one to two ounces, milk four ounces. This will
sometimes be retained on the stomach when other food is rejected. The
addition of fifteen grains of bicarbonate of soda has a similar effect
if added to a quart of fresh milk, and prevents milk from turning sour
for several hours.
30. MUSH AND MILK.
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