804 DB. CHASE'S RECIPBa, 



although slight in itself, soon becomes annoying to any nervous person, and 

 there are but few sick persons, indeed, who do not soon become more or less 

 nervous. Be firm, but kind, in all your relations with the sick. Give them to 

 understand you know best, and what you know to be best to do you are going 

 to do ; and what you know they ought not to do, you are not going to allow 

 them to do, but in all the kindness possible, and their acquiescence may soon 

 be expected. Rustling silks, squeaking shoes and the rattling of dishes must 

 not be allowed in a sick-room. 



Vm. Food, Drink and Delicacies. While the patient's condition 

 will allow them to use plain and substantial food, and the usual drink, as tea 

 and coffee, not too strong, it is best they should have them; but with the weak 

 and debilitated the delicacies must take their place; and I desire to call especial 

 attention to, and to give my sanction and advice, that if any special thing 'Is 

 craved, be it food or drink, I would most positively allow it, in moderation. 

 We have all heard of the cravings, in olden times, of fever patients for cold 

 water, and the cures brought about from its having been obtained stealthily 

 against the commands of the physician ; but there has recently come to my 

 knowledge a case wherein the life of a typhoid fever patient was saved by 

 drinking two quarts of hard cider, which he had craved and repeatedly called 

 for, and when he got hold of the pitcher he would not let it go until it was 

 empty. I do not call this, however, "in moderation," but the patient was 

 stouter in his desperation than the nurse and the physician who had allowed it 

 to be brought, so no one could have been blamed even if it had killed rather 

 than cured the patient. Do not understand this, however, even in desperate 

 cases, to be a pattern drink — A small glass, and often, as long as the craving 

 continues, would be the safer plan with any drink. But both food and 

 drink should be given regularly in reasonable quantities. And to aid the 

 nurse or family in this, the following recipes, or receipts, may be resorted t« 

 with confidence and general satisfaction. To purify sick-rooms, see 

 "Disinfectants." 



BEEP TEA, ESSENCES OP BEEP, AKTICLES OP DIET, 

 DRINKS, ETC., POR THE SICK. 



1. Beef Tea.— Take lean beef, y^ lb. ; cold water, y^ cup; a little salt, 

 pepper, mace, or nutmeg. Derections — Cut the beef into small bits — ^ or }i 

 Inch squares-.-and see that no particle of fat adheres to it; put into a bottle with 

 the water and cork, placing the bottle in a pan of cold water upon a stove, and 



*^as soon as it reaches the boiling-point, move it back, but keep it near the boiling- 

 point for 2 hours; then strain, prising out the juices, and season with a little 

 •alt and a sprinkle of pepper, mace or nutmeg, as preferred by the patient. 



2. Beef Tea— Improved Plavor, by Broiling.— Take a nioe rteak 

 and remove all the fat. Have a gridiron, perfectly clean — all particles of burned 

 steak may easily be removed from the baxB by placing it in hot water a few 

 minutes when &:it taken from the fire; then scrape, or what ia better, u«« a stiff 

 bnush, kept f sr tbis purpese. Have a very nioe fire of coals, and plaoe tbo 



