ender, adding a little salt. Drain it dry, mix it with four eggs, a
quarter of a pint of cream, and two ounces of fresh butter melted in the
cream. Add four ounces of beef suet or marrow, or veal suet taken from
the fillet, finely shred; three quarters of a pound of currants, two
spoonfuls of brandy, a spoonful of peach water or ratifia, nutmeg, and
grated lemon peel. When well mixed, put a paste round the edge, fill the
dish, and bake it in a moderate oven. Slices of candied orange, lemon,
and citron, may be added.

RICKETS. This disease generally attacks children between the age of nine
months and two years; and as it is always attended with evident signs of
weakness and relaxation, the chief aim in the cure must be to brace and
strengthen the solids, and to promote digestion and the due preparation
of the fluids. These important ends will be best answered by wholesome
nourishing diet, suited to the age and strength of the patient, open dry
air, and sufficient exercise. The limbs should be rubbed frequently with
a warm hand, and the child kept as cheerful as possible. Biscuit is
generally reckoned the best bread; and pigeons, pullet, veal, rabbits,
or mutton roasted or minced, are the most proper meat. If the child be
too young for animal food, he may have rice, millet, or pearl barley,
boiled with raisins, to which may be added a little wine and spice. His
drink may be good claret, mixed with an equal quantity of water. Those
who cannot afford claret, may give the child now and then a wine glass
of mild ale, or good porter. The disease may often be cured by the
nurse, but seldom by the physician. In children of a gross habit, gentle
vomits and repeated purges of rhubarb may sometimes be of use, but they
will seldom carry off the disease; that must depend chiefly upon such
things as brace and strengthen the system; for which purpose, besides
the regimen mentioned above, the cold bath, especially in the warm
season, is highly recommended. It must, however, be used with prudence,
as some ricketty children cannot bear it. The best time for using the
cold bath is in the morning, and the child should be well rubbed with a
dry cloth immediately after he comes out of it.

RING WORM. This eruption, which generally appears on the head, in a
circular form, attended with painful itching, is sometimes removed by
rubbing it with black ink, or mushroom ketchup. The following
preparation is also recommended. Wash some roots of s