306 DR. CEASE'S RECIPES. 



place it in 14 ozs. of soft cold water (2 or 3 tablespoons less than 1 pt.) to which 

 has been added a pinch or about 18 grs. of table salt, and three or four drops of 

 muriatic acid ; stir all with a wooden spoon, (on account of the acid, which rusts 

 iron) and set it aside for 1 hour, stirring it occasionally; then strain it through 

 gauze, or a sieve, and wash the residue left on the sieve by means of 5 addi- 

 tional ozs. of cold soft water, pressing it so that all the soluble matter will be 

 removed from the residue; mix the two strainings and the Extract is ready for 

 use. It should be drunk freely every two or three hours. 



Remarks. — The properties taken from these last two receipts are largely borne 

 out by a well known article made at Richmond, Va., by Marm. S. Valentine, 

 called " Valentine's Preparation of Meat Juice," which, in using, is not to b© 

 heated above 130° F., and that only upon a water-bath to avoid the possibihty ol 

 over-heating — the preferable way being to use it cold, even with ice when this 

 is desirable. Stale bread is recommended by him to be crumbled into the Meat 

 Juice as a savory diet for the sick, as one becomes able to digest more solid 

 food. This, of course will hold good vdth any of the above or other juicy 

 foods, or soups, or essences, etc., prepared from any meats whatever. The 

 greatest objection that can be raised against Valentine's Meat Juice is its cost. 

 He claims to have concentrated the strength, or virtues, of 4 lbs. of beef 

 into a 2 oz. bottle which, usually, retails at $1.25, which would certainly 

 prevent its use by the sick poor — the sick rich, of course, can indulge it. 

 But from its array of testimonials from the most popular physicians in America 

 and Europe, and by those connected with insane asylums, hospitals, etc., it 

 must have proven an exceedingly valuable preparation; and I will close my 

 remarks upon this subject by saying I have not referred to it for the benefit of 

 the manufacturer (for he knows not of this reference at all), nor am I paid for 

 it, only as it may do good to the people in observing the value of the cold pro- 

 cess, as it may be called, of the last two receipts, and being "posted," as the 

 saying is, upon the best ways or plans of preparing food for the sick. This 

 Meat Juice was on exliibition and received awards at the International Exhibi- 

 tion in '76 at Philadelphia, and in '78 at Paris, and although he does not give its 

 mode of preparation in Ms circulars, yet this must have been given to the com- 

 missioner? at these exhibitions, for the awards were: 



"F'^r excellence of the method of its preparation, whereby it more nearly 

 represents fresh meat than any other extract of meat, its freedom from disagree- 

 able ta3t€, its fitness for immediate absorption and the perfection in which it 

 retains its good qualities in warm cUmates." 



The method is undoubtedly by maceration (softening by steeping), and then 

 by pres.<iiire, having used but Uttle water, and leaving a heavy pressure to 

 accomplish the separation of the juices of the meat, to avoid the necessity of 

 heat to condense by evaporation. There is no doubt of the value of this article 

 as a food for the sick, and as only from ^ to 2 teaspoonfuls of it are required 

 as a dose, or meal, those who can afford to use it will prefer to do it rather than 

 prepare anv of the others above given, unless they have a skillful nurse; and, 

 in that ca.«e. I shall have done the good I intended by calling attention to it. 

 See also Beef Water, Broths, etc., below. 



