464 THE NEW ZEALAND FAMILY HERB DOCTOR. 
This, like the last, may be taken with very great benefit as: 
freely as the system requires it. 
ARTIFICIAL WHEY.— 
Gently simmer a pint of skim milk, add two glasses of 
sherry wine, and sufficient lemon juice to turn the milk; set it 
aside until the curd subsides, strain, and add sugar sufficient 
to make it pleasant. 
A wineglassful three or four times daily may be taken with 
much benefit in cases of consumption, cough, and weakness of 
the chest generally. 
EGGED WINE.— 
Beat up two eggs in a basin, with an ounce and a half of 
finely-powdered white sugar and a little grated nutmeg ; 
gently simmer a pint of sherry wine and water in equal 
quantities, stir in the eggs, &c., as it boils, and throw forwards 
and backwards several times from the saucepan to the jug 
until it is well incorporated. 
This is a very nutritious gentle stimulant, and may be 
taken with much benefit by invalids at any time. 
ROASTED DANDELION.— 
This forms a most excellent beverage for invalids, and may 
be taken with the meals in every condition of the system, 
whether in health or disease, with the greatest benefit, but 
more particularly in dyspeptic cases, in convalescence super- 
vening upon diseases of the liver, pancreas, or spleen, or 
wherever there is a predisposition to these diseases. 
DIGESTIVE Foop.— 
Finely-powdered Lump Sugar....,... One pouna. 
Shippery Gali eos og he ose setae AP EO Four ounces. 
COMETH goo cdreh ed be bee bea <A One drachm. 
Mix until the whole are well incorporated, and take @ 
teaspoonful in a small teacupful of boiling milk; stir briskly 
while preparing. | 
This is most excellent in all cases of disease or debility, 
whether of adults or children, and may be taken with 
