A manual of pharmacy / By William Thomas Brande.

  • Brande, William Thomas, 1788-1866.
Date:
1833
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    invalids, are too well knciwn to require panegyric. Oats con- tain about 74 per cent, of nutritive matter, 64 of Avhich may be called starch, and the remainder gluten, with a small pro- portion of sugar. For children brought up, as it is called, by hand, equal parts of gruel and coav's milk form the best substi- tute for the food which nature intended for them; but the greatest attention should be paid to the freshness both of the milk and gruel: in Avarm weather, or in a warm room, the latter becomes acescent in 12 hours, and will then invariably be mischievous, if not dangerous ; the cleanliness of the vessels in which the food is kept and prepared, must also be most strictly looked after ; for it often happens that the bowel com- plaints, and other disorders to which children under such cir- cumstances are liable, arise from inattention to these apparent trifles. Dr. Kitchener's receipt to make gruel is as follows :— Ask those who are to eat it if they like it thick or thin ; if the latter, mix well together, by degrees, in a pint basin one tablespoonful of oatmeal with three of cold water; if the former, use two spoonsful. Have ready in a stewpan a pint of boiHng-water; pour this by degrees to the oatmeal you have mixed, return it into the stewpan, set it on the fire, and let it boil for five mi- nutes, stirring it all the time to prevent the oatmeal from burn- ing at the bottom of the stewpan—skim, and strain it through a hair sieve. To convert this into caudle add a little ale, wine, or brandy, with sugar, and if the bowels are disordered, a little nutmeg or ginger grated. Plain gruel is one of the best breakfasts and suppers that we can recommend to the rational epicure—is the most com- fortable soother of an irritable stomach that we know—and particularly acceptable to it after a hard day's work of intempe- rate feasting, when the addition of an ounce of butter, and a teaspoonful of Epsom salt, will' give it an aperient quality, which will assist the principal viscera to get rid of their burden. AURANTII. BACC^ and AURANTII CORTEX—The Fruit and the external Rind of the Fruit of the Citrus Auran- tium^, or Seville Orange. This beautiful and valuable tree is a native of India, but has long been cultivated in the warmer parts of Europe, and will ripen its fruit in our conservatories. We chiefly derive our supplies of oranges from Spain and Portugal. The orange tree rises to the height of several feet, and sends ' 67. 18. Ord. 3. Polyadclphia Icoaandria. Nat. Ord. Pomacese, Linn. AurantiEC, Just.