SUGAR AND: SYRUPS. 673 
immersed for some short while in water. Syrups made with 
simple lumps of Sugar, and water, have proved efficient to dispel 
a severe headache occurring from want of food, or hunger ; 
and experiments have therefore been tried with a view to 
ascertain the value of lump Sugar as a luncheon, when other 
nourishment cannot be immediately had. It would be an easy 
matter to carry half-a-dozen pieces of such lump Sugar in one’s 
pocket, so as to be masticated with no other accompaniment than 
w small draught of water; preventing, or at any rate postponing, 
by such means the fulness of blood, passively turgid within 
the head, which would otherwise ensue. For a sweetmeat of 
Sugar with butter, Toffee, or Taffy, is of value as a concentrated 
form of carbohydrates, attractive to children, and essentially 
well adapted for giving increase of fat, as well as for furnishing 
bodily warmth. It has the advantage that much of its Sugar 
is in the easily-digested “invert” condition. For young 
children who dislike the fat of meat, and cannot take cod-liver 
oil, this Toffee is an admirable substitute ; if given only at the 
end of meals it is not likely to disagree. Sir Walter Scott (in 
The Abbot) speaks of ‘the lump of Sugar which pothicaries put 
into their wholesome, but bitter medicaments to please a 
froward child.” A capital sweetmeat “rock,” is to be made 
with onecupiul of brown sugar, three-quarters of a cupful of 
water, and a quarter teaspoonful of cream of tartar. Boil 
slowly, without stirring, until the whole is of an amber colour. 
Split and toast some Turkey figs; lay them in a buttered tin dish, 
pour the candy over them, and cool off gradually. This is excel- 
lent against a costive habit. For compounding “Eau Sucrée,” 
to be taken against nervous headache: “ Use of boiling water, 
one pint ; orange-flower water, one tablespoonful ; lump Sugar, 
one ounce. Put the sugar in a jug, pour over it the boiling 
water; stir well until the Sugar is dissolved; when cold 
add the orange-flower water.” Syrup of Lemons mixed with 
water makes a delicious drink for fevered patients, or in 
hot weather. ‘Squeeze the juice of five lemons into one 
and a half pounds of loaf Sugar; dissolve these together 
in an earthen jar placed in a saucepan of boiling water ; 
simmer in this way until the Sugar is melted into a thick 
syrup; bottle it when cold, and cork well. The lemon-juice 
should be strained before it is blended with the Sugar.” Mr. 
Banting, when adopting a systematic regimen to reduce his ae 
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