This excellent Cordial is made by pouring a bottle of genuine Cogniac (No. 471) on three ounces of bruised Cinnamon (Cassia will not do). This cordial restorative was more in vogue formerly, than it is now;--a teaspoonful of it, and a lump of Sugar, in a glass of good Sherry or Madeira, with the yolk of an Egg beat up in it--was called "_Balsamum Vitæ_." "_Cur moriatur homo, qui sumit de Cinnamomo?_"--"Cinnamon is verie comfortable to the Stomacke, and the principall partes of the bodie." "_Ventriculum, Jecur, Lienem Cerebrum, nervosque juvant et roborat._"--"I reckon it a great treasure for a student to have by him, in his closet, to take now and then a spoonfull."--COGAN'S _Haven of Health_, 4to. 1584, p. 111. _Obs._--Two teaspoonsful in a wineglass of water--are a present and pleasant remedy in Nervous Languors--and in relaxations of the Bowels--in the latter case five drops of Laudanum may be added to each dose. * * * * * SODA WATER, (No. 481*.) The best way of producing agreeable _Pneumatic Punch_, as a learned Chemist has called this refreshing refrigerant, is to fill two half-pint Tumblers half full of Water,--stir into one 30 grains of _Carbonate of Potash_,--into the other 25 grains of _Citric[111] Acid_, (both being previously finely pounded,)--when the powders are perfectly dissolved--pour the contents of one tumbler into the other--and sparkling Soda Water is instantaneously produced. To make DOUBLE SODA WATER, use double the quantity of the Powder. _Single Soda Water_ is a delightful drink in sultry weather--and may be very agreeably flavoured by dissolving a little Raspberry or Red Currant Jelly in the Water, (before you add the Carbonate of Potash to it), or a little Tincture of Ginger, (No. 411,)--or Syrup of Ginger, (No. 394,)--or Syrup of Lemon Peel, (No. 393,)--or infuse a roll of fresh and thin-cut Lemon Peel, and a bit of Sugar in the water--or rub down a few drops of (No. 408,) with a bit of Lump Sugar, with or without a little grated Ginger;--a glass of Sherry or a tablespoonful of Brandy is sometimes added. The addition of a teaspoonful of the TONIC TINCTURE (No. 569,) will give you a very refreshing Stomachic--and ten drops of _Tinct. Ferri Muriati_ put into the water in which you dissolve the Citric Acid--a fine effervescing Chalybeate. _The day after a Feast_, if you feel fevered and heated, you cannot do better than drink a half-pint glass or two of _Single Soda Water_ between Breakfast and Dinner. DOUBLE SODA WATER (especially if made with tepid water) is an excellent auxiliary to accelerate the operation of Aperient Medicine--and, if taken in the Morning fasting, will sometimes move the Bowels without further assistance. If some good _Cogniac_ or Essence of Ginger (No. 411) be added to it, it is one of the best helps to set the Stomach to work--and remove the distressing languor which sometimes follows hard drinking.