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A tart apple well baked and mashed, on which pour a pint of boiling
water. Beat up, cool, and strain. Add sugar if desired. Cooling drink
for sick persons.

2308. Tincture of Lemon Peel.

A very easy and economical way of obtaining and preserving the flavour
of lemon peel, is to fill a wide-mouthed pint bottle half full of
brandy, or proof spirit; and when you use a lemon pare the rind off
very thin, and put it into the brandy, &c.; in a fortnight it will
impregnate the spirit with the flavour very strongly.

2309. Camomile Tea.

One ounce of the flowers to a quart of water boiling. Simmer for
fifteen minutes and strain. Emetic when taken warm; tonic when cold.

_Dose_, from a wine-glassful to a breakfast cup.

[SOLITUDE IS THE NURSE OF WISDOM.]

2310. Borax and its Uses.

The utility of borax for medicinal purposes, such as relieving
soreness of the throat, and for the cure of thrush in young children,
has long been known, but it is only in the present day that its good
qualities as an antiseptic have become known, and its use in every
kind of domestic work, in the laundry, in the garden, vinery, and
greenhouse, and even for the toilet, under various forms and in
different preparations bearing the general name of "Patent Californian
Borax," specially prepared for all personal and domestic purposes, has
been promoted by its production in small packets, varying in price
from 1d. to 6d., which may be purchased of almost any chemist, oilman,
grocer, or dealer, throughout the world.

2311. Its Antiseptic Qualities.

The Patent Borax, which consists of a combination of boron and sodium,
acts in a marvellous manner as an arrester of decay, and as such is
useful for the preservation of meat, milk, butter, and all articles of
animal food liable to taint and decay, especially in hot weather.
When infused in small quantities in water, it preserves and softens it
for drinking, cooking, washing, and all household purposes; it whitens
linen and cleanses it far better than soda, it kills harmful insect
life, though perfectly harmless to human beings and domestic animals;
it cleanses and heals ulcers, festering wounds, sore throat, &c.; is
useful in the nursery for washing the heads of children, cleans
sponges, destroys unpleasant and unwholesome smells, and is beneficial
to teeth and gums when used as