Mother and child / by Edward P. Davis.

  • Edward P. Davis
Date:
1921
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Mother and child / by Edward P. Davis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    saved by preparing the bottles with ordinary corks wired in position and drawing off the kumiss with a champagne tap. Milk Peptonized. Cold Process.—Into a clean quart bottle put one pep¬ tonizing powder (extract of pancreas, five grains ; sodium bicarbonate, 15 grains) or the contents of one pepton¬ izing tube (Fairchild). Add one teacupful of cold water and shake; add one pint of fresh, cold milk, and shake mixture again. Pack bottle in ice, and use when required without subjecting to heat. Warm Process.—Mix peptonizing powder with water and milk as described above; place bottle in water so warm that the entire hand can be held in it for a minute without discomfort. Keep bottle there ten minutes, and then pack in ice. Milk Punch. One cup of milk, one teaspoonful of sugar, one tea¬ spoonful of brandy, a few grains of salt. Dilute brandy with water (one tablespoonful), add sugar and salt, then milk. Shake thoroughly, serve at once. Oatmeal Water,-—Gruel or Jelly. One cup of fine oatmeal, two quarts of water (which has been boiled and cooled). Add oatmeal to water, and keep in a warm place (at a temperature of 800 F.) one and one-half hours. Strain and cool. Gruel.—One-half cup of coarse oatmeal, three cups of boiling water, one teaspoonful of salt. Add oatmeal and salt to boiling water, and cook in a double boiler three hours. Force through a strainer, and dilute with milk or cream. Reheat and season. 18