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THE FRUGAL
Flour boiled thoroughly in milk, so as to
make quite a thick porridge, is good in cases
of dysentery. A table spoonful of rum, a
table-spoonful of sugar-baker’s molasses, and
the same quantity of sweet oil, well sim¬
mered together, is likewise good for this
disorder ; the oil softens the harshness of
the other ingredients.
Black or green tea, steeped in boiling milk,
seasoned with nutmeg, and the best loaf sugar,
is excellent for the dysentery. Cork burnt
to charcoal, about as big as a hazel nut,
macerated, and put in a tea-spoonful of
brandy, with a little loaf sugar and nutmeg,
is very efi&cacious in cases of dysentery and
cholera morbus. If nutmeg cannot be had,
peppermint-water may be used. Flannel
wet with brandy, powdered with Cayenne
pepper, and laid upon the bowels, affords
great relief in cases of extreme distress.
Dissolve as much table salt in keen vine¬
gar as will ferment and work clear. When
the foam is discharged, cork it up in a bottle,
and put it away for use. A large spoonful
of this, in a gill of boiling water, is very
efficacious in cases of dysentery and colic.
Among the numerous medicines for this dis¬
ease, perhaps none, after all, is better, par¬
ticularly where the bowels are inflamed,
than the old fashioned one of English mal¬
lows steeped in milk, and drank freely.
Every body knows, of course, that English