3 7 6 DIGESTION OF BEEF- TEA . 



nausea or sickness it may be iced, and a few drops of 

 hydrocyanic acid may be added. If a lit'tle lime- 

 water or a few drops of liquor potassoe be mixed with 

 milk it will often be retained, even though the stomach 

 be in a very irritable state. There is no objection to 

 mixing ammonia and other medicines with the milk, 

 and any wine or brandy to be given may be added to 

 it. In the case of sick children, milk is by far the 

 best article of diet, and oftentimes the only one which 

 can be successfully used as a vehicle for the adminis- 

 tration of medicine. 



During the last few years we have had the advan- 

 tage of being able to employ the concentrated Swiss 

 'milk, which, when properly diluted, is a most pleasant 

 drink, and perhaps less liable to cause sickness than 

 ordinary fresh milk. In some cases, however, milk is 

 altogether refused. Whey, from which the curd has 

 been separated, may be tried ; but if this does not 

 suit, we must depend upon simple nutritious soups, 

 eggs cooked in various ways, beef-tea and the extracts 

 of meat already referred to. 



The Use of Pepsin. 



The digestion of milk and all animal soups is pro- 

 moted by putting into each cupful three or four grains 

 of pepsin. If a mixture of beef-tea and pepsin be 

 allowed to stand in front of the fire for a couple of 

 hours, artificial digestion will have commenced, and if 

 for a somewhat longer time, it may have been com- 



