Effectual relief may be obtained by quiet, rest, opium and cordials. The part should be well rubbed with antispas- modics, as the ammoniated tincture of guiacum ; or cause an eruption by rub- bing the chest with the tartar emetic ointment. The bowels should be kept open by a laxative, as salts and senna. Take foetid spirits of ammonia, half an ounce : solution of morphia, three drachms ; camphor mixture, six ounces ; mix, and take a tablespoonful every half hour till relieved. If the paroxysm be violent, thirty drops of ether, and ten or twelve of laudanum, may be taken immediately in a little brandy and water. The tinc- ture of Lobelia also is an efficacious remedy. (See Robinson's Herbal, arti- cle Lobelia) Take twenty or thirty drop*, and gradually increase. The bowels must be kept regular ; and if there be irritability and want of sleep take fif- BRE 77 BRO teen or twenty drops of laudanum, or six or eight grains of the extract of hen- bane at bed-time. Let the diet be light and sparing, the exercise gentle, the mind be kept easy, and avoid all spirituous and heating liquors. Dr. Beach says, ' Nothing is so well calculated to remove this affection per- manently, as a long-continued course of purgation ; even where it arises from disease or ossification of the coronary arteries of the heart. All mental exer- tion, violent exercise, overeating, ardent spirits, and excessive venery — indeed, all excesses, must be carefully avoided — cold and wet should especially be guarded against. The diet should be fight and easy of digestion.” BRENTFORD ROLLS.— Mix with two pounds of flour a little salt, two ounces of sifted sugar, four ounces of butter, and two eggs, beaten with two spoonfuls of yeast, and about a pint of milk✪ Brentford Rolls. Knead the dough well, and set it to rise before the fire. Make twelve rolls, butter tin plates, and set them before the fire to rise, till they become of a proper size ; then bake half an hour. BREWER’S BITTERS. Quassia, two parts ; cocculus indicus, one part ; Italian juice, one part ; water, twenty-five parts. Boil until re- duced to twenty parts, then add cop- peras, one part. Boil to a syrup. Or, extract of quassia, extract of cocculus indicus, extract of liquorice, sulphate of iron, equal parts. This preparation is used for the same purpose as the last, and also to give an appearance of strength to weak liquor. BRIDE CAKE. — Take four pounds of fine flour well dried, four pounds of fresh butter, and two pounds of loaf sugar. Potfbd and sift fine quarter of an ounce of mace, and the same of nutmeg ; and to every pound of flour, put eight eggs well beaten. Wash four pounds of currants, pick them well, and dry before the fire. Blanch one pound of sweet almonds, and cut them lengthways very thin, take one pound each of citron, candied orange, and candied lemon, and half a pint of brandy✪ Bride Cake. First work the butter to a cream with your hand, then beat In the sugar a quarter of an hour, and

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Effectual relief may be obtained by quiet, rest, opium and cordials. The part should be well rubbed with antispasmodics, as the ammoniated tincture of guiacum ; or cause an eruption by rubbing the chest with the tartar emetic ointment. The bowels should be kept open by a laxative, as salts and senna. Take foetid spirits of ammonia, half an ounce : solution of morphia, three drachms ; camphor mixture, six ounces ; mix, and take a tablespoonful every half hour till relieved. If the paroxysm be violent, thirty drops of ether, and ten or twelve of laudanum, may be taken immediately in a little brandy and water. The tincture of Lobelia also is an efficacious remedy. (See Robinson's Herbal, article Lobelia) Take twenty or thirty drop*, and gradually increase. The bowels must be kept regular ; and if there be irritability and want of sleep take fif- BRE BRO teen or twenty drops of laudanum, or six or eight grains of the extract of henbane at bed-time. Let the diet be light and sparing, the exercise gentle, the mind be kept easy, and avoid all spirituous and heating liquors. Dr. Beach says, ' Nothing is so well calculated to remove this affection permanently, as a long-continued course of purgation ; even where it arises from disease or ossification of the coronary arteries of the heart. All mental exertion, violent exercise, overeating, ardent spirits, and excessive venery — indeed, all excesses, must be carefully avoided — cold and wet should especially be guarded against. The diet should be fight and easy of digestion.” BRENTFORD ROLLS.— Mix with two pounds of flour a little salt, two ounces of sifted sugar, four ounces of butter, and two eggs, beaten with two spoonfuls of yeast, and about a pint of milk. Knead the dough well, and set it to rise before the fire. Make twelve rolls, butter tin plates, and set them before the fire to rise, till they become of a proper size ; then bake half an hour. BREWER’S BITTERS. Quassia, two parts ; cocculus indicus, one part ; Italian juice, one part ; water, twenty-five parts. Boil until reduced to twenty parts, then add copperas, one part. Boil to a syrup. Or, extract of quassia, extract of cocculus indicus, extract of liquorice, sulphate of iron, equal parts. This preparation is used for the same purpose as the last, and also to give an appearance of strength to weak liquor. BRIDE CAKE. — Take four pounds of fine flour well dried, four pounds of fresh butter, and two pounds of loaf sugar. Pot and sift fine quarter of an ounce of mace, and the same of nutmeg ; and to every pound of flour, put eight eggs well beaten. Wash four pounds of currants, pick them well, and dry before the fire. Blanch one pound of sweet almonds, and cut them lengthways very thin, take one pound each of citron, candied orange, and candied lemon, and half a pint of brandy. First work the butter to a cream with your hand, then beat In the sugar a quarter of an hour, and

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