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Presented as published in 1902. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Weakness remaining after a sprain is cured by fomenting the part daily with beef brine. Suppose the ancle sprained : — 1st. Foment it with warm vinegar four or five times every four hours. 2nd. Stand, if you can, three or four minutes at a time on both your feet, and fre- quently move the sprained foot. Some- times also while sitting with your foot on a low stool, move it to and fro. 3rd. Let it be gently rubbed with a warm hand at least thrice a-day. 4th. Two hours after every application of the vinegar, let it be just wetted with spirits of wine, and then gently rubbed. SPRAINS. — Take a few globules of Rhus Toxicodendron, and apply to the sprained part this Rhus liniment for about 10 minutes, and repeat twice a day for three days. The Rhus is sold by the Homoeopathic chemists. SPRAINS of the Muscles of the Back. — Take of Canada turpen- tine, y, oz. ; soap liniment, 6 ozs., and one-pennyworth of laudanum. Mix, and rub well in before a hot fire. SPRATS, to Broil. — Sprats are very good and nutritious food ; but to be enjoyed they must be eaten in the room in which they are cooked ; they admit of few removes, on account of becoming cold so soon. When cleaned, they should be fasten- ed in rows by a skewer run through the head, and then broiled; dredge with flour, and place on a gridiron over a nice clear fire for 4 or 5 minutes. Grease the gridironSprats, to Broil. Or, they may be done in a Dutch oven. SPRATS, to Bake. — Rub them with salt and pepper ; put into a deep dish ; cover with vinegar and port wine ; cover and place in the oven all nightSprats, to Bake. Cochineal liquor gives them a rich colour. They keep well. SQU 376 STA SQUILL MIXTURE.— Take of simple cinnamon-water, 5 ozs. ; vine- gar of squills, 1 oz. ; syrup of marsh- mallows, 1 J4 ozSquill Mixture. • Mix them. This mixture, by promoting expectoration and the secretion of urine, proves ser- viceable in asthmatic and dropsical habits. A tablespoonful at a time. STAINS AND SPOTS. Stains.— 1 Any article stained, either with fruit, wine, ink, or mildew, must first be wet in clear cold water. If it is of material that it is not best to wet all over, lay the place stained on a clean skirt or bosom board, wet a clean towel or sponge in cold water, and gen- tly sponge or wipe the stain till quite wet. After this, apply a lotion made of one tablespoonful lemon-juice, one of the purest cream of tartar, and one tea- spoonful oxalic acid ; put all into a pint of clean rain-waterStain Removal Lotion. Shake it often while using it. Apply with a soft cloth till the spot is saturated with the lotion ; then sponge off again in clear cold water. Repeat till the stain disappears. If this lotion is used very soon after the article has been stained, it will at once remove the stain. After it has been dried in, it is more difficult to efface. If the article cannot be washed after using this mixture, white-currant juice is better than the lemon. This prepara- tion can be safely used on the most delicate articles if carefully sponged off as soon as the spots disappear. As oxalic acid is a deadly poison, it is not wise to prepare more than will be used at one time.