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RECEIPTS FOR INVALIDS.
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RESTORATIVE MILK.
Boil a quarter of an ounce of isinglass in a pint of new milk till reduced to half, and sweeten with sugar candy.
MILK PORRIDGE.
Make a fine gruel with new milk without adding any water, strain it when sufficiently thick, and sweeten with white sugar. This is extremely nutritive and fattening.
WINE WHEY.
Set on the fire in a saucepan a pint of milk, when it boils, pour in as much white wine as will turn it into curds, boil it up, let the curds settle, strain off, and add a little boiling water, and sweeten to taste.
TAMARIND WHEY.
Boil three ounces of tamarinds in two pints of milk, strain off the curds, and let it cool. This is a very refreshing drink.
