fruit, pearl barley, and sago. The drink may be barley
water, with a few drops of vinegar or cream of tartar, or lukewarm milk
and water; but neither beer nor wine must be allowed. In case of an
obstruction of the bowels, mild laxatives or clysters may be given; and
if the throat be affected, it should be gargled with vinegar and water.
Warm fomentations should be applied to the neck, and mustard poultices
to the feet. After the eruption has made its appearance, the recovery of
the patient may be chiefly entrusted to nature, while proper attention
is paid to diet and regimen. But if the pustules begin to disappear,
blisters ought to be immediately applied to the calves of the legs, and
parsley-root boiled in milk should frequently be eaten, in order to
encourage the eruption. When the pustules suddenly sink in, it denotes
danger, and medical assistance should speedily be procured. In case of
inoculation, which introduces the disease in a milder form, and has been
the means of saving the lives of many thousands, a similar mode of
treatment is required. For about a week or ten days previous to
inoculation, the patient should adhere to a regular diet; avoiding all
animal food, seasoned dishes, wine and spirits, and should live
sparingly on fruit pies, puddings, and vegetables. The same regimen must
be observed as in the former instance, during the progress of the
disease, and then, but little medicine will be required.

SMALL RICE PUDDINGS. Wash two large spoonfuls of rice, and simmer it
with half a pint of milk till it is thick. Put in a piece of butter the
size of an egg, and nearly half a pint of thick cream, and give it one
boil. When cold, mix four yolks and two whites of eggs well beaten,
sugar and nutmeg to taste. Add grated lemon, and a little cinnamon.
Butter some small cups, and fill them three parts full, putting at
bottom some orange or citron. Bake them three quarters of an hour in a
slowish oven. Serve them up the moment they are to be eaten, with sweet
sauce in the dish, or in a boat.

SMELL OF PAINT. When a room is newly painted, place three or four tubs
full of water near the wainscot, and renew the water daily. In two or
three days it will absorb all the offensive effluvia arising from the
paint, and render the room wholesome. The smell of paint may also be
prevented, by dissolving some frankincense in spirits of turpentine over
a slow fire, and mixing it with the paint before it be laid on.

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