Modern domestic cookery, and useful receipt book : containing the most approved directions for purchasing, preserving and cooking meat, fish, poultry, game, &c. in all their varieties. Trussing and carving: preparing soups, gravies, sauces, made dishes, potting, pickling, &c. with all the branches of pastry and confectionary; a complete family physician; instructions to servants for the best methods of performing their various duties. The art of making British wines, brewing, baking, &c. / by Elizabeth Hammond.
- Hammond, Elizabeth
- Date:
- 1819
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Modern domestic cookery, and useful receipt book : containing the most approved directions for purchasing, preserving and cooking meat, fish, poultry, game, &c. in all their varieties. Trussing and carving: preparing soups, gravies, sauces, made dishes, potting, pickling, &c. with all the branches of pastry and confectionary; a complete family physician; instructions to servants for the best methods of performing their various duties. The art of making British wines, brewing, baking, &c. / by Elizabeth Hammond. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.
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![Fumigation. To make a vapour for a sore throat, boil a quart of vinegar, and two ounces of myrrh together, for forty minutes, then pour the liquor into a bason; cover the bason with a large funnel, the small end of which must be taken into the mouth, by which means the fumes will be inhaled. This process must be renewed every tw'enty minutes, and if re- gularly persisted in, it will seldom fail to remove the most obstinate sore throat or quinsy, if opening medicine is taken at the same time. Gargles. Common gargles may be prepared of figs boiled in milk and water, with a small quantity of sal- ammoniac j or, sage tea, with honey and vinegar mixed together; or, infuse some red rose leaves, either fresh or dry, in some boiling water, and when they have stood an hour, drain off the liquor, and add a few drops of the oil of vitriol; gurgle the throat with either of the above four or five times every day, taking some opening medicine. Liniments. Take an ounce of Florence oil. and half an ounce of the spirit of hartshorn, shake them in a bottle well together ; then moisten a piece of flan- nel with the liniment, and apply it to the throat every four hours. After bleeding, it rarely fails to carry off the complaint. This is one of the best remedies for a quinsy or inflammation of the throat • if some strong opening medicine is taken at the same time. An excellent liniment for the piles may be pre- pay] from one ounce of emollient ointment, and](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21505160_0234.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
