909. _Lemonade._--Take fresh lemon-juice, four ounces; fresh and very thin-peeled lemon, half an ounce; white sugar, four ounces; boiling water, three pints. Let this mixture stand till cold, then strain for use. As this drink sometimes causes pain in the bowels, it should not be drank too freely. 910. _Apple-Water._--Take one tart apple of ordinary size, well baked; let it be well mashed; pour on it one pint of boiling water; beat them well together; let it stand to cool, and strain it off for use. Add loaf-sugar, if the patient desire it. 911. _Vinegar Mixture._--Take of good vinegar three ounces, water, one pint; loaf-sugar, two-and-a-half ounces. ALKALESCENT DRINKS. 912. These are used for what is commonly termed, a _sour stomach_--_heart-burn_--arising from indigestion. The following is the combination employed by an eminent physician, in his own case. 913. _Dyspeptic Ley._--Take of hickory ashes, 1 quart; soot, two ounces; boiling water, 1 gallon. Mix, and let them stand for twenty-four hours, frequently stirring the ingredients; then pour off the ley, and bottle it up. A tea-cup of this liquor may be given three times a-day. STIMULATING DRINKS. 914. These are given in cases of great debility. Madeira, sherry, or port wines are usually combined with some other fluid, like the following. 915. _Wine Whey._--Take of fresh cow's milk, half a pint; white Madeira wine, one ounce. Boil the milk, then add the wine. 916. _Mustard Whey._--Cow's milk, 1 pint; bruised mustard seed, one ounce; simmer together till the curd separates, then add half a pint of Madeira wine. A spoonful of this to be taken every hour or two, in low fevers and cases of debilitated stomachs. TONIC DRINKS. 917. _Decoction of Peruvian Bark._--Peruvian bark, bruised, one ounce; cold water, one pint. Boil together for ten minutes, then add half an ounce of Virginia snake-root, and two drachms of orange-peel, bruised. Keep the infusion near the fire for half an hour, in a close vessel. A wine-glassful may be taken every hour. 918. _Columbo Root and Ginger._--Colombo root, bruised, one ounce; ginger, two drachms; boiling water, one pint. Let them infuse one hour by the fire; and give of the strained liquor (cold) a wine-glassful every two hours. This infusion, when freely used, has proved successful in bowel complaint (chronic diarrhea) of long standing. 919. _Peruvian Bark and Valerian._--For this decoction, take Peruvian bark, bruised, one ounce; water, one pint; take of Valerian root, one ounce; boiling water, one pint; infuse for one hour and strain. Add the decoction of bark to this infusion, and give a tea-cupful, cold, three or four times a-day. This is chiefly employed in rheumatic headache in which it is sometimes very serviceable. It was a favorite prescription of the late Dr. Parrish.