ake an excellent pudding, but it must be well
boiled.

POACHED EGGS. Set a stewpan of water on the fire; when boiling, slip an
egg, previously broken into a cup, into the water. When the white looks
done enough, slide an egg-slice under the egg, and lay it on toast and
butter, or boiled spinach. As soon as done enough, serve them up hot. If
the eggs be not fresh laid, they will not poach well, nor without
breaking. Trim the ragged parts of the whites, and make them look round.

POISON. Whenever a quantity of arsenic has been swallowed, by design or
mistake, its effects may be counteracted by immediately drinking plenty
of milk. The patient should afterwards take a dram of the liver of
sulphur, in a pint of warm water, a little at a time as he can bear it;
or he may substitute some soap water, a quantity of common ink, or any
other acid, if other things cannot be readily procured.--To obviate the
ill effects of opium, taken either in a liquid or solid form, emetics
should be given as speedily as possible. These should consist of an
ounce each of oxymel squills and spearmint water, and half a scruple of
ipecacuanha, accompanied with frequent draughts of water gruel to assist
the operation.--Those poisons which may be called culinary, are
generally the most destructive, because the least suspected; no vessels
therefore made of copper or brass should be used in cooking. In cases
where the poison of virdigris has been recently swallowed, emetics
should first be given, and then the patient should drink abundance of
cold water.--If any one has eaten of the deadly nightshade, he should
take an emetic as soon as possible, and drink a pint of vinegar or lemon
juice in an equal quantity of water, a little at a time; and as sleep
would prove fatal, he should keep walking about to prevent it.--For the
bite of the mad dog, or other venomous animals, nothing is to be
depended on for a cure but immediately cutting out the bitten part with
a lancet, or burning it out with a red-hot iron.--To prevent the
baneful effects of burning charcoal, set an open vessel of boiling water
upon the pan containing the charcoal, and keep it boiling. The steam
arising from the water will counteract the effects of the charcoal.
Painters, glaziers, and other artificers, should be careful to avoid the
poisonous effects of lead, by washing their hands and face clean before
meals, and by never eating in the place where they work, nor suffering
any food o