The Republican journal., 1881-09-08
VOLUME SO.
Nourishment for the Sick.

| NOurlshment Tor the Sick.
Let me feed sick patient, and who
will may give the medicine. In an illness
far more depends upon the proper feeding
of the sick person than is generally be
lieyed. If the strength is sustained from
| the beginning 10y nourishment given lu-
diclously, there is a better prospect of its
being equal to the demand that must be
made upon it sooner OF later. When the
case is serious one there is little or no
appetite. The thought of food eXcites
| disgust. one thing after another is re
! fused until the friends, completely dis
| couraged with many vain attempts to
| please, turn away saving:
| "Oh, well, it's no use forcing him to
eat; perhaps he viii feel more like it by
and by"
This is precisely wnat the patient will
not do if lett to himself, ana valuable
/ time is lost in waiting for the moment that
| never comes. Begin, then, to give liquid
/ nonlishment in small quantities frequent
/ ~. 1t is more easily swallowed and di-
/ gested than anythin. solid, however del
/ icately prepared, and as there is general
! ~ thirst it is. us Il rule, readily taken
/ The chet reliance must be placed on milk
one pint is equal to 4 good sized mutton
| chop, and it is incomp parably more nour
Shiug than any animal BROTH not except
| ing beei-tea. that has too long held rank
to which its merits are far from emitting
it.
Boiling meat coagula cS the albumen,
the principle nutritiNc element, convert
INC it into a solid which is carefully elm
,,.l ~ I,
behind q mass OF shreds floating in the
water Milk, on the contrary, contains
fourteen per cent Of solid matter, and is
rich in its constituents necessary to sup
ply the wants 0t the system. One eighth
part lime water added 10 the milk will
prevent il from dlSagrcelng with the most
tastidious stomach. Where there is no
nausea a small tumbleltul may be given
every TWO hours If there is the slightest
tendency To sickness it must be omitted
for an hour or two. and then resumed in
very small quantities. tablespoonful or
less being given iced or rs cold as posi-
BE, every half hour until the disagreed
bic feeling has passed away. If the sick
person is fond of milk. he VIII take it for
some time without growing weary Of it
when it begins to pail the nurse must tax
her ingenuity to make a change. If stim-
ulant is ordered it may hc put in the
milk. \ teaspoonfIl of sugar with few
drops OF essence of vanilla, altcrnated
With essence of lemon or rose water.
makes pleasant variety. If tea and
coffee are permitted by the physician,
enough OF either to flavor the milk may
be added without producing amy injurious
effect
When the yolk III an cgL cannot bc
borne the white may be giyrnMith per
feet impunity. Nhumcnized milk is pre-
pared by shaking in Il wide -muutned bot
tie or jar one pint Of milk With the whites
OF two eggs. These are 50 thoroughly in
c0rporated by this process that few would
suspect their presence, and the mixture
is much more nourishmg than the milk
alone. \ delicious rTg-noTg is made by
beating the lOlk Ot an egg separately and
adding to it three teaSp0onluls OF sugar
with the Juice of halt a lemon squeezed
on it when we'll mixed the milk is pour
ed in, the white, beaten 10 Il stiff troth
with Il small leaspoonfuI of sugar and i
few drops Of lemon Juice, is hcapcd Oh the
top or beaten through The milk. according
y
may be substituted for the lemon, or
sherry used to give it 4 flavor when Stim-
ulant is allowed AlbumeuiIed water is
Il refreshing and ut tile same time Il nour-
lshng drink. 1t is prepared like the milk,
10y shaking together the Whl+es OF two
eggs and a pint Of coid water. and iIdNor-
ed with lemon jujrc, slice Of lemon be
ing left floating in the glass. Cold toast
wafer can be used to make it,
Sometimes when an invalid is tired of
milk in every other form he will take it
in the shape Of ice cream. Not the de
leterious compound sold in shops. con
siStng principally Of corn starch. and in
which the cream Is conspicuous 10y It's alb
sencc, but wholesome home made ice
cream with nothing in it but good, rich
cream, pure sweet milk, whites of eggs -
the y0lks should be omitted except for
conyalcscents- a little sugar and flavor
ing. Marian iIarland, in her admirable
"CUmon Sense in the Household" gives
directions for making ice cream freeze it.
self that reduce this hitherto troublesome
dish to a mere bagatelle, almost us easily
accomplished as bia}}c Ht0jlW.
\ thin boiled custard, made with two
eggs to a pint of milk and given cold, is a
pleasant change. Oatmeal, Indian meal
or barley cruel, made with plenty Of milk,
! are desirable articles oi diet T. chocolate
Or cocoa can bc borne, a little added to
the milk will disguise the taste of which
the palate has grown weary In short
milk being the staple there is practically
! no limit to the various ways in which a
/ clever nurse can disguise it. to the great
comfort and benefit Of her patient, who
would be more surprised than any one if
he We're told he was living principally on
milk and eggs. Elizabeth Robinson SEQ
/ Vile in Christian MON.