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the outside vessel being also filled with water and boiled tor two 

 hours. 



Nutritious Coffee Dissolve a little gelatine in water, then 

 put half an ounce of freshly ground coffee into a saucepan with a 

 pint of new milk, which should be nearly boiling before the coffee 

 is added, boil both together for three minutes, clear it by pouring 

 some into a cup and dashing it back again, add the isinglass and 

 leave it to settle for a few minutes. Beat up an egg and pour the 

 coffee upon it, or if preferred drink it without the egg. 



Nutrient Enema Take of beef -tea half a pint and thicken 

 it with a teaspoonful of tapioca. Reduce If ozs. of raw beef to a 

 fine pulp, pass it through a fine cullender and mix the whole with 

 twenty grains of acid pepsin and four grains of diastase (or a des- 

 sertspoonful of malt-flour); where the latter is used the tapioca may 

 be omitted. It should have a bright rose- tint and exhale a rich, 

 meaty odor. Not more than a quarter of a pint should be used at 

 a time and that slowly. Pending the arrival of the pepsin and the 

 malt, the other portions of the liquid may be administered alone. 



Egg and Sugar Enema Beat up the yolks of two eggs 

 with two wineglassfuls of hot water in which an ounce of lump- 

 sugar has been dissolved. 



Oil and Sugar Enema Gradually rub up half an ounce 

 of gum- Arabic with two tablespoonfuls water; then gradually add 

 and rub in two tablespoonfuls of olive-oil or cod-liver oil; then stir 

 in a wineglassful of hot water in which an ounce of lump-sugar is 

 dissolved. 



Panada Slice the crumb of a loaf very thin and soak or 

 boil it gently in water. When soft, beat it up well and add sugar 

 and if allowed, wine; a little butter may also be added. Panada 

 may also be made of chicken-broth instead of water and seasoned 

 with a little mace, and is excellent for invalids. 



HOW TO BECOME FAT OK PLUMP. 



Activity of mind or body prevents fattening. Sufficient rest 

 and sleep must be taken. Persons who desire to become plump 

 and remain so should retire about 9 or 10 P. M., and sleep until 6 or 

 7 A. M. A brain- worker needs more sleep than a muscle- worker. 

 Pleasure or recreation, before going to bed at night is desirable. A 

 drink of water should be taken immediately on rising. It should 

 be fresh water, and not that which has stood in lead pipes or in a pail, 

 nor should it be too cold. The breakfast should be plain and sub- 

 stantial, the year round, especially in summer. A course of fresh 

 ripe fruit should first be eaten, then potatoes, meat or fried mush, 

 or oat-meal porridge, bread and butter. The drink may be coc;;?. 

 or milk-and-water, sweetened. If tea or coffee is used, it should be 

 weak, and taken with plenty of milk. A drink of water may be 



