150 DR. XBASE'S RECIPES. 



" Nothing is better for either invalids or young children. Let me give my 

 experience. Our baby was delicate ; cow's milk did not agree with her whUe 

 nursing; I began feeding her corn starch and oatmeal gi"uel, and now a heartier, 

 happier and fatter baby than ours you will seldom see, and oatmeal gruel is her 

 daily food. 



"I take 2 table-spoonsful of oatmeal and pour on a pint, or a little more, 

 of boiling water; let boil until thick enough for jelly, then I strain it through 

 a little sieve, add 1 tea-spoonful of sugar and 2 of cream to a coffee cup of 

 gruel, and it is a dish fit for a king. 



" For very young children or very weak invalids of a dyspeptic character, 

 tnake thinner with water while boiling, or with cold milk, after done boiling." 



7. Food for Dyspeptic, or Weakly Babes.— Boil slowly, for 

 2J^ hours, 1^ cup of oatmeal, in 1 qt. of water, with a very little salt, the dish 

 being covered to prevent evaporation; then strain. A double, or rice kettle 

 (which see) is just the thing to avoid burning. "When cold, to J^ pt. of this 

 gruel, or food, add an equal quantity of thin cream, and 2 tea-spoonfuls of 

 white sugar; then, to this mixture, add 1 pt. of boiling water, and when cool 

 enough it is ready for use, and will set easy on the stomach, when milk and 

 all other food cannot be digested by a feeble or weak babe, imless aided by the 

 use of lime-water, as above. 



8. Drinks for Small CMldren Having Dyspeptic or Diar- 

 rheal Tendency.— Rice-water, barley-water, oatmeal-water, made by boil- 

 ing a single handful of either of these to 1 qt. of water, with lemon and sugar, 

 should be ready in every house where there are children. These drinks are surely 

 better than cold tea, which is often given. However, milk is considered better 

 than anything, when it is sweet and pure, and given in only small quantities at 

 any one time, with lime-water. 



9. Dyspeptics, Healthy Pood for.— It is a well known fact that 

 meats are much more needed in winter than in the heat of summer, and the 

 following, written by a well known physician (Dr. Hunt, of New Jersey), 

 explains the whole matter so fully, I will give it a place. Dr. Hunt, the editor 

 of the Newark (N. J.) Advertiser, wholly regardless of the loss of his fellow- 

 practitioners, by "a fearful state of healthf ulness " in that vicinity, and hon- 

 est as he is skillful in his professional work, gives this advice for the summer 



" Fruits and vegetables, with an abundance of good milk and bread, should 

 be the main substantials and not the mere side dishes of the table. There are 

 too many who simply add what the summer brings to their usual bill of fare. 

 They still indulge in heavy meats and stimulating condiments, adding some 

 badly cooked vegetables, and finishing with the usual flatulent pastry, or may- 

 hap a few berries; but this is an injustice both to the system and to the Provi- 

 dence whose blessings are showered upon us in such prodigal profusion. Meat 

 should now become the side dish; gravies, stews and condiments should be 

 utterly abandoned; and the system should be toned and purified by the tonic of 

 the field and garden. Milk is better than medicine, and the entire pharmaco- 

 poeia contains nothing equal to what now comes to us from the true laboratory 

 —comes to us not only with healing wing, but with a flavor for the palate 

 -wbioh. all the French cooks in Paris could not imitate. And the offerings arme 



