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same at night, continuing the said plan until the three bottlefuls 
are finished. Keep the invalid on a light, but nourishing diet, 
such as the thighs of poultry, fish, sweet fruits, preserves, etc. 
It will scarcely ever happen that a second dose of the Restorative 
will be needed at that time. On about the fourth day the 
invalid will be able to resume his ordinary occupation. If the 
Restorative thus prescribed is made use of at a banquet, the 
ancient rooster may be replaced by four old partridges, and the 
beef by a piece of leg of mutton (whilst the Ambergris and sugar 
candy are at option). It is well that everybody should know 
that though Ambergris, considered as a perfume, is distasteful 
to persons with too sensitive nerves, it is nevertheless admirably 
tonic, and exhilarating when taken internally. Our ancestors 
made great use of it in cookery, and were all the better for it. 
Richelieu is said to have habitually sucked pastilles flavoured 
with Ambergris ; and other well-known persons, when feeling the 
weight of age, or oppressed by lack of bodily energy, by mixing 
a piece of Ambergris (ground with sugar) the size of a bean, 
with a large cupful of chocolate, and drinking this, have found 
beneficial effects. By means of such a tonic the action of life 
becomes easy, thinking is no difficulty, and insomnia (sleepless- 
ness), which is,” says B. Savarin, “with me the infallible 
consequence of drinking coffee, becomes obviated.” 
Given in detail, particulars may be found concerning numerous 
Cordials in our Kitchen Physic, such as Alcohol, Beer Soup, Coffee, 
Egg Cordial, Liebig’s Meat Extract, the Mints, Quinces, Ratafia, 
Rum Punch, Tea Caudle, and Wine Whey. Others may be 
usefully added, to wit, Allspice, Caraway, Cinnamon, Cloves, 
Grapes, Honey in Mead, Raisins, Rosemary Wine, Saffron, 
and the Garden Thyme. The four Cordial flowers of English 
Simplers were the Rose, the Violet, the Alkanet, and the Borage. 
“ Egg silky,” as it is termed at the Cape, is another such excellent 
Cordial for a cold: ‘“ Put three entire eggs, covered with the 
juice of three fresh lemons, into a basin for three days, turning 
the eggs now and again so that all the shells shall become 
dissolved; then take away from the mixture the inner thin 
skins, which are unwholesome ; beat up the eggs, whilst removing 
any specks; next add a dessertspoonful of sifted sugar, and a 
wineglassful of old rum; put the mixture into a bottle, and 
keep it corked; then take a wineglassiul every morning before 
breakfast.” Again “ Punch 4 la Romaine,” as it is called, which 
