Home nursing manual : with chapters on personal hygiene and care of infants / by C.F. Wightman.

  • Wightman, C. F.
Date:
[1912]
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Home nursing manual : with chapters on personal hygiene and care of infants / by C.F. Wightman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CAUDLE Add i wineglassful of sherry to a well beaten-up egg, and pour into ^ pint of hot (not boiling) gruel. Stir well. Flavour with nutmeg, and sweeten to taste. CHICKEN CREAM Cut up finely the breast of half a chicken, and then pound it well. Heat i teacupful of milk, and add the pounded chicken slowly, stirring all the time. Add a little salt and pepper and i tablespoonful of cream. Give hot. EGG FLIP Beat up the yolks of 3 eggs with \ oz. of castor sugar. Add gradually 8 tablespoonfuls of equal parts of brandy and water. Flavour with nutmeg. EGG MILK Beat up the whites of 3 eggs with 1 teaspoonful of brandy. Take 1 teacupful of milk, and heat (but do not boil) in a saucepan, and add the whites of the eggs, stirring all the time. Give warm. GRUEL Take 1 tablespoonful of patent groats, and stir in 2 tablespoonfuls of cold water. Pour the mixture into 1 pint of boiling water, and let it boil for a quarter of
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